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No-Owl9201 t1_ja68tuu wrote

New to me, very interesting just how selective was the history we were taught in school back in the day. Gives a new twist on that saying "History is written by the victors"

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Muroid t1_ja6mcbb wrote

History is written by the people who were writing history in the language that you speak.

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No-Owl9201 t1_ja6n83e wrote

Yes that's a much better version, but no doubt they saw that by glorifying these triumphs they could impress all those held captive by the slowly disintegrating British Empire..

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marioquartz t1_ja764cz wrote

"But only if the victors are British".

There are a lot of victories against the British, but always are ignored.

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No-Owl9201 t1_ja76m1z wrote

So true, and even if when they lose, they often celebrate it like a victory..

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2KoolAwYe t1_ja780yo wrote

Because we own our mistakes and like a party

You don't like us, we get it, let us have our fun

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