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You wrote the history book vs You were in the history book (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

One of my favorite history truisims is that history isn't written by the winners; history is written by the people who write and maintain the history books. The distinction is subtle, but matters.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Yeah it's really hard to completely destroy history if your enemies are dedicated to preserving it. For example Franco couldn't kill the republican narrative of his war, he could only drive it into secrecy.

    Soldiers ensure your reign, but scholars legitimize it. Oh and minority groups have a vested interest in maintaining their own scholarship that's proportional to how hard you try to stop it.

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