Title: "History is Written By Victors" is a Foolish Phrase | Shubham Jain
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"History is Written By Victors" is a Foolish Phrase
Nov 30, 2018
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Content: Of course, the public view is still in their favor today. But, that’s only because what they did was truly revolutionary. You might win history for a certain time period, but that doesn’t imply no one will question you actions in the future. Second, it’s difficult to assume that a person or a regime can force an interpretation unless they were to be highly oppressive. Promoting and mantaining a false image of the past would mean to oppress all the facts and mediums of free speech. After all, it only takes one dissenter to take down the whole narrative. Some regimes, like North Korea’s, have been exceptionally successful at this. Amid deep surveillance, and strict control on access to information, the public is fed with patently false information: “ South Korea is poverty-stricken,” “North Korea ended WWII,” and “Koreans are a pure and superior race.” But, how far can one go when there’s a little bit of democracy and free speech?