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The Problem With “The Right Side Of History”
We often hear about “the Right Side of History” as though there’s this neat line dividing the good guys and the bad guys, and you’re either on the right side or the wrong side of it.
By Ellie Holt4 min read
There are a number of problems with this narrative. The first is that history is told by the winners, so the right side of history is arbitrary and subjective depending on who tells the story. If the Confederates had won the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln would presumably be on the "wrong side" of history (although in the land of the woke this is still true). If the Nazis had won World War II, the U.S. would be on the "wrong side" and the Nazis would be on the "right side."