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The thing is, history is written by the winners. Depending on which side wins ultimately wins the cultural and political battle, I could see future school child
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
The thing is, history is written by the winners. Depending on which side wins ultimately wins the cultural and political battle, I could see future school children learning in history class how Mark Zuckerberg was a hero for standing virtually alone for the principles of free speech when all the other big media and big tech companies sought to censor conservative voices. If the other side wins, then Mark Zuckerberg will be vilified as an ally of the horrible, racist alt-right.
History, and how history views stuff is not a passive thing, but an active thing based on winners and losers.
- tsimionescu 6y agoThis is an old trope, and only half true. You only have to look at the Bible to see that some figures who absolutely won in their lifetimes and for many years afterwards can nevertheless ultimately be remembered as demons - King Herod and Pontius Pilate being good examples here.
- Svip 6y agoI thought the trope 'history is written by winners' is not just that the winners of the time when it happened, but more importantly the 'winners' (i.e. rulers) of the time when the story is being told. Our perception of history change, because the powers that be (i.e. the winners) change.
- fiblye 6y agoAnd Rome became a Christian empire and the story that remained was what we know today.