730, 745, 780, 783
745- "History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"
This quote seems to be going with the "History is told by the victors" type of thing, only with a bit of a twist, which is where the topic of persuasion and propaganda come in. Similar to the one about victors, this one has the common idea that history is not necessarily what happened, but rather what ended up being recorded. In this case, it means that history is what common perception has allowed for us to see, based on our biases. An example of this could be looked upon with the Crusades. If you were to ask most students what they knew about the Crusades, granted that they knew they were, they would most likely slant it to the side of the Europeans, the Christians, and portray the Arabs as aggressors, as the ones who were in the wrong. That's because our biases cause that to be the way it ends up being portrayed. Just like with every other thing in history, what we are told now gets changed by the attitude toward it at the time and now, when it is being taught about. Whether it was meant to be that way or not, propaganda effects how things are retold, and deception is involved in many historical retellings.
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