As a child, I thought the lesson of history was that the good guys always win.
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As a child, I thought the lesson of history was that the good guys always win. As an adult, I realized the actual lesson is that the winners declare themselves the good guys.
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As a child, I thought the lesson of history was that the good guys always win. As an adult, I realized the actual lesson is that the winners declare themselves the good guys.
@carnage4life The lesson from Chinese history seems to be that the good guys lose but we celebrate them with holidays.
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As a child, I thought the lesson of history was that the good guys always win. As an adult, I realized the actual lesson is that the winners declare themselves the good guys.
@carnage4life and strangely, the people who get to declare themselves the good guys aren't always the winners. see: Lost Cause, Clean Wehrmacht
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As a child, I thought the lesson of history was that the good guys always win. As an adult, I realized the actual lesson is that the winners declare themselves the good guys.
@carnage4life One of my history teachers used to say and repeat: “Der Sieger schreibt die Geschichte” -> “The winner writes history”
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