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[–] [email protected] 88 points 10 months ago (2 children)

History is written by the literate.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

I can't remember the comedian who was like "This America guy was just a mapmaker and now he's famous."

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (4 children)

History is written by historians

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Historians are written by genetic material as well as experiences and reactions to both.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And historians work for the victors.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

They also sometimes work for the losers such as the Confederacy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

And for the losers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Anne Frank wasn't a historian.