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Four: why does no one outside America seem to resent these unfortunate events at all? I mean, the Revolution was a war. [[War Is Hell|People got pretty violent on both sides.]] In some parts of the world, when people lose a war, they don’t feel that it was just God’s will. They feel that God would be much more satisfied [[Cycle of Revenge|if there was some payback]]. And they tend to [[Feuding Families|transmit this belief to their offspring]]. In the American unpleasantness, a lot of people — loyalists — got kicked out of their homes. They had to leave with only a small travel bag. When this sort of thing happens in the Middle East, [[Never Live It Down|it’s remembered for the life of the known universe]].
|''An Open Letter to Open-Minded Progressives'' by '''Mencius Moldbug''', Chapter 5.}}
{{quote|"''[[World War II|Killing Japanese]] didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier.''"|'''Curtis LeMay'''}}
{{quote|"''It says here in this history book that luckily, the good guys have won every single time. What are the odds?''"|Meme of unknown providence}}
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"Of course history will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
—Winston Churchill (Newsflash: he did. Literally.)
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"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
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"He who controls the past, controls the future; he who controls the present, controls the past."
—1984
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"This is for the record: History is written by the victor. History is filled with liars. If he lives, and we die, his truth becomes written -- and ours is lost. Shepherd will be a hero. Because all you need to change the world is one good lie and a river of blood. He's about to complete the greatest trick a liar ever played on history. His truth will be the truth. But only if he lives, and we die."
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"Half of history is hiding the truth."
—Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity
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Elphaba, where I'm from, we believe all sorts of things that aren't true. We call it "history." |
There's an ancient Indian saying that something lives only as long as the last person who remembers it. My people have come to trust memory over history. Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable while history only serves those who seek to control it. Those who would douse the flame of memory in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth. Beware these men, for they are dangerous themselves ... and unwise. Their false history is written in the blood of those who might remember it and of those who seek the truth.
—Albert Hosteen, The X-Files episode "The Blessing Way"
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"Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
—Sir John Harrington
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"Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice Will Prevail, you say?! But of course it will!! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!!!"
—Donquixote Doflamingo, One Piece
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"Historians in England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes."
—Robert the Bruce, Braveheart
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"Our history is nothing more than what the losers settle for!"
—The Death Eaters in A Very Potter Sequel
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"It is easy to rewrite history when the few who know the truth are unable to make themselves heard."
—Phantom, Last Scenario
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There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies. |
What (if we are to believe Mr. Fisher) did the historians omit? Let’s resort again to the method of mysteries. Here are some questions about the American Revolution for which you may find you have no good answer: —An Open Letter to Open-Minded Progressives by Mencius Moldbug, Chapter 5.
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"Killing Japanese didn't bother me very much at that time... I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal.... Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier."
—Curtis LeMay
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"It says here in this history book that luckily, the good guys have won every single time. What are the odds?"
—Meme of unknown providence
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