Somebody on substack asked ‘What if 1/3 of all history is lies?”
Instead of answering there I’ll answer here.
Written history is a lie by omission. The facts IN the books are often true, but the books leave out every event that would cast our side in a bad light. The books leave out the context and baseline that would make the facts properly understandable.
The omission makes it impossible to argue with what’s IN the books. All arguments have to cite facts from elsewhere, which can be immediately tinfoiled by the owners of the books.
History is erased by the victors.
Polistra's Mill 