[jdhendrickson]

It depends on who writes the history books in the states, and it's not looking good.

[lostlogin]

It also depends on whether book written is deemed illegal.

[kevinventullo]

Winners create the 5-second infotainment TikTok historical summary.

[collingreen]

We've always been at war with Eurasia.

[bryanrasmussen]

history is full of books that were deemed illegal that won in the end.

[lazide]

And you’ll never know about the 100x other ones that ‘lost’.

[bryanrasmussen]

do you know about the 100x other ones that "lost"? I ask because you seem pretty certain they exist.

[lazide]

So the library of Alexandria never burned? All the referenced lost works from Rome were made up? Or many, many other examples.

[bryanrasmussen]

the discussion was about works that were declared illegal. The burning of the library of Alexandria under Theophilus has some connection to that idea, but it is I think wider. Every referenced lost work from Rome was not lost because they were declared illegal.