A set of made up stories compiled together to help brainwash
majority of people. The _official_ method of producing such set is _
speculation_. (source: Wikipedia). People who are capable to analyze material facts using cause-and-effect reasoning are kept away from compiling and presenting such sets. They are either lured into "exact" sciences such as physics, math, etc or made outcasts by
the school system.
Nevertheless, history as a discipline seems like important for keeping the society to look civilized. At least on the surface. At least, in theory.
Ex1:
- According to history, Lincoln is credited with 1865
emancipation as the event exclusive to the USA and Lincoln's genius. Do you know when Russia
emancipated its slaves?
- 1861, but it's not related.
Ex2:
- In 2022, in South Carolina they still teach their own history where Linkoln is an antagonist
Ex3: - It's well-known that history repeats itself.
- Well, that just means we can create
alternative reality by telling people how we think they should have acted in the past.
(by the way Juneteenth, the official holiday, is celebrated each year because slaves technically were emancipated in 1863)