History is always written by the victorious?
By didi13
@didi13 (2926)
Romania
February 1, 2011 10:57am CST
History is always written by the victorious?If you say "yes", please bring your arguments. I mean, what would be the word victors in May persuasive than the loser? Maybe the losers are much more intelligent than winners, but their intelligence is used for the good of mankind. There are victorious, just for the sake of victory? If so,what determine them to act this way?What is the cause of his army to believe strongly in his beliefs?
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@megamatt (14291)
• United States
21 Feb 11
I'd say yes for the most part. History is written by the victors because a lot of the time, the losers don't want to acknowledge that what has happened, has happened. Or they have been wiped out in a few extreme cases. You tend to get a very selective history, as the winners are going to give their side of the story and the losers are going to just sulk off into the shadows. Not all of the time, but I think fairly often that written by the winners.
The losers will sweep the failure underneath the rug. Or at the very least, they will write something very select themselves, to paint themselves in a better light and attempt to turn a defeat into a roundabout victory for them. It proves without a shadow of a doubt that there is no one who is completely unbiased. Winners and losers have their own way in remembering things.
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@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
21 Feb 11
The winner has the power and concrete level dictates its rules, but the level of "reality", the loser is more source of any aberrations. Not always, winners make progress sometimes can bring disaster: to think Pol Pot and the short, but his tragic victory. The winner was Alexander the sake of victory, happy son of a Persian king. And what we animates an army is leader enthusiasm and charisma. Seeing how quickly and totally Hitler managed to change a people somewhat apathetic, but also wise and Germans, in a crowd full of adoration even sure I would say it's something magical in the personality of the great leaders of armies. Perhaps the winner will always write history,that's them all the necessary tools remain, while the loser is almost completely reduced to silence. But as you said, very wise phrase,"winners and losers Have Their Own Way in Remembering things."Thanks.
@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
1 Feb 11
Very true. History is written by both sides in terms of political goals, and ideas that they promote that system. Each tries to convince followers that their actions were justified at the time, and can not conceive of another course of historical events, without the influence and imprint of their thought. No one disputed the intellectual capacity of one of the parties, only the military component compassionate, physical force, repression and the imposition of a social order. Because in fact here we come, history is not written by victorious, but imposed at some point in its course, the victors at that time, to her followers across generations(history being cyclical).Thanks.
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
19 Feb 11
History is really written from different perspective. Yes, it is written by the victorious, but it is also written by those who aren't. It doesn't necessarily come from just one side. If one looks at one group of individuals, even then history is written from different perspective.
@ivod2e (33)
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6 Mar 11
1st - History was written by the people who can write.
The ancient history is written by a small percent of people who are part of the intelligent societies. The ancient past we know is part of the thoughts and constructions of greek, roman, egyptian communities. In the history after that there are enough evidences too prove the things which were written.
We can be happy that the history we make now can't be faked because of lack of information.