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fish-rides-bike t1_j2fpbrt wrote

Historians don’t recount facts. They interpret motives in a narrative weave extending out in both directions. Future historians will have a harder time.

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HornyUnicornn OP t1_j2fqf1x wrote

Because of congestion?

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fish-rides-bike t1_j2fqkw4 wrote

Because of the avalanche of evidence and the contradictions in it. Nobody keeps a personal diary anymore.

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HornyUnicornn OP t1_j2fr5nq wrote

I can definitely see that. They'd have to swim through so much nonsense. In the past if they made a diary or wrote something it definitely meant something to them because it was more tedious then just opening your phone or computer. If I was in their position, I'd look for the books

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