NEWS VERSUS HISTORY | 2008-04-24
News is made by those who say, "X said this today."
History is made by those who keep repeating,. "This basic assumption is wrong. This basic assumption is evil."
COMMENTS (1)
#1 mderpelding | 2008-04-24 20:14
As you have said before, and I won't mince words, all history is self serving bullshit. What we envision as history today is nothing more than a collection of accumulated facts from contemporary sources coupled with some sort of self-serving metaphysical poppycock that the current crop of house intellectuals wish to con the gullible with.
I read tons of so called "histories". Or maybe I should say "have read tons' of histories". In any event, what I have found is that in all cases the so-called "major events" have always been totally unexpected by their temporal contemporaries.
The "Historian" is like a Paleontologist,or a Jamaican Rastafarian. Or a Catholic Bishop.
To make an unexpected event the result of some cause that will give them power.