https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/10/max-mcnabb/everything-know-wrong/
What people call history is really myth. History is a tale told by
bloody conquerors, failed novelists, and small town football coaches
earning their keep in public schools. It’s a system of power. He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.
Court historians regard the myth as sacrosanct. They never question its
veracity and are quick to deride anyone who voices doubt.
Americans spend their school years struggling to memorize names and
dates. In the decades afterward, they take pride in the scattering of
facts they manage to retain. So, of course, they get pretty upset when
you show them most of those precious facts were lies.
But for those with an open mind, those last few willing to question
anything and anyone, discovering the truth is exhilarating. Truth is
what we’re after. We’ll chase it down whether it sets us free as Jesus
said it would, or destroys us like Oedipus. In each installment of
Everything You Know Is Wrong, I examine unquestioned facts—historic,
scientific, social, and religious—to reveal the truth beneath the myth.
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