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minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93arrow-down5·1 year agoHistory is written by the literate.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year 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-down1·1 year agoHistory is written by historians
minus-squareVikingHippie@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoHistorians are written by genetic material as well as experiences and reactions to both.
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·1 year agoAnd historians work for the victors.
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year 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.