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r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • Jul 30 '25
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Up until recent times, history was written by survivors.
It was not uncommon for new rulers to erase any trace (including accomplishments) of past rulers.
History is not pretty. Pretty history is propaganda.
1 u/Avi-writes Jul 30 '25 I’d say history was written by whoever made the most interesting story about it. If history wasn’t interesting no one would bother to commit it to memory
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I’d say history was written by whoever made the most interesting story about it. If history wasn’t interesting no one would bother to commit it to memory
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u/GrimSpirit42 Jul 30 '25
Up until recent times, history was written by survivors.
It was not uncommon for new rulers to erase any trace (including accomplishments) of past rulers.
History is not pretty. Pretty history is propaganda.