General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Bobby Barrows]

it is, after all, written by the victors

Not true at all actually

 

[Bobby Barrows]

History is written by people who write history.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

yes, and those ppl are generally the ones that remain and are allowed to be printed

 

[Canadian Dragon]

so there is always revisionism and bias, especially now

 

[Bobby Barrows]

The perfect example of history not being written by the victors is the Lost Cause Mythology, which is still pervasive in the American South today despite being 180 years old.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

It's pretty hard for Bruce Wills to die

 

[Canadian Dragon]

well isnt that only because certain states write their own history books etc and you guys dont have a national curriculum (do u have a national curriculum, i genuinely dont know)

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Let's not also talk about the plethora of Polish works written during Poland's lost centuries where the country was partitioned and just didn't exist. Ukrainians have been writing their own histories despite Russia's overwhelming influence, and Byzantine and Sicilian literature still exist from the middle ages, despite Catholicism and Muslim conquerers.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

well isnt that only because certain states write their own history books etc and you guys dont have a national curriculum (do u have a national curriculum, i genuinely dont know)

We do not, no.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

We do not, no.

sigh

 

[CakeWalker]

say no more

 

[Canadian Dragon]

we have both (provincial and national standards)

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Education is a provincially ran thing but federally funded and they have to maintain certain standards.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

but I also think 10 provinces (and 3 territories) is not quite the same clusterfuck as 50 seperate states. wtf were u guys thinking lol

 

[Bobby Barrows]

In fact, I will say this about the Lost Cause Myth