PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"Hans, are we the baddies?"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1711arrow-down11
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down3·2 months agoThe victors don’t write the history books. Historians write the history books. And much of our narrative is defined by those sources, at least historically.
minus-squareGuyFawkes@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoBut some victors won’t allow for an unbiased account…
minus-squareExtantHuman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoThere’s always external witnesses to record things from a different perspective
minus-squareAnd009@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoHistory written by the Victor tends to be accepted easily
The victors don’t write the history books. Historians write the history books. And much of our narrative is defined by those sources, at least historically.
But some victors won’t allow for an unbiased account…
There’s always external witnesses to record things from a different perspective
History written by the Victor tends to be accepted easily