The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNorm's take on historystartrek.websiteimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down121
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minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86arrow-down5·2 years agoHistory is written by the literate.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 years agoI can’t remember the comedian who was like “This America guy was just a mapmaker and now he’s famous.”
minus-squareThe Assman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 years agoHistory is written by historians
minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoHistorians are written by genetic material as well as experiences and reactions to both.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·2 years agoAnd historians work for the victors.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoThey also sometimes work for the losers such as the Confederacy
History is written by the literate.
I can’t remember the comedian who was like “This America guy was just a mapmaker and now he’s famous.”
History is written by historians
Historians are written by genetic material as well as experiences and reactions to both.
History is
Anne Frank wasn’t a historian.
And historians work for the victors.
They also sometimes work for the losers such as the Confederacy
And for the losers.