• Phunter
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    410 months ago

    History is written by people who write it down (and then get it successfully accepted/disseminated to a certain degree).

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      Yup. And while this is obviously easier to do when you’re the winner, it’s not a requirement.

      Most of the records of the Mongols outclassing China over such a long period of time comes from Chinese writings, for example.

      People love believing blanket, black and white statements. History is written by the victors, nobody else, I know this because it’s a Churchill quote, it has to be true!