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Originally Posted by Odyshape
It means that people who are successful are the ones who hold the power for what is recorded in history. Technically it should say "Recorded history is written by the victors" or something like that.
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That's what I thought, but that doesn't make sense either. Even though Germany lost World War II, there is still an objective series of events that make up the history of WWII, and this series of events was not recorded solely by the Allies. I mean, I'm sure that learning about WWII as an American entails a certain amount of inherent bias, just as learning about WWII as a German entails a certain amount of inherent bias. But despite any bias, recorded history is written by everyone.