Week 9- Who Makes History?? (WWChap20)

Karl Marx once said, "Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please not under conditions of their own choosing."

Way of the World Chapter concluded this Chapter with the topic of-- "Who Makes History??"

"Winners may write History, but they do not make History, @ least not alone."

Typically, when you think of a battle, people are more interested in HOW the winners won & what they had to do to over come and win the battle. It seems like more in our day in age that people are more interested in the winners AND the losers. A good example of this is The Holocaust. With such a great event such as the Holocaust, we look at the advance experiments Hitler was leading on the victims. At the same time the profound things that Hitler and the 3rd Reich were doing, history in our eyes are in the victims that died and survived. Although Hitler WROTE history, the true history in our eyes lies in the Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies, Elderly& Infants that were tortured, killed and left for dead.

Or Colonial violence in the Congo-- we see an advancement in technologies with bicycles and cars. We never think that the demand of such products such as rubber made such an impact. Of course you don't think about what they did to GET to this advancement in their time. Belgium leader, Leopold II forced villagers to collect rubber which was in demand for such advancements such as Bicycles and Automobile tires. In our eyes, we see inventions! not death.

"Rather it suggests that history is often made through the struggle of unequal groups and that the outcome corresponds to no one's intentions."

There are always two sides to the story. Although there might be a winner, look at the 'losers' to truly see the 'winning' side of the battle.