The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNorm's take on historystartrek.websiteimagemessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up11.28K
arrow-up11.28KimageNorm's take on historystartrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Humor@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up94·2 years agoHistory is written by the literate.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 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-up17·2 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-up7·2 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.
And historians work for the victors.
They also sometimes work for the losers such as the Confederacy
And for the losers.
History is
Anne Frank wasn’t a historian.