And in a way it was true; it did aid in destroying the world as it was known. But we inhabit the world that emerged from those struggles, so the victors write

And in a way it was true; it did aid in destroying the world as it was known. But we inhabit the world that emerged from those struggles, so the victors write the history (and print it). If a new political regime were to arise from or through, say, twitter and overthrow all prior established regimes, the rectitude of that technology would be just as reaffirmed through equivalent hagiography.