Hard Times Create Strong Men: Chapter 33
In every war, the winner gets to write history, and cleaning up the history books is a way to strike first as a victorious empire. Nazi Germany killed millions of people in WWII, but since Germany lost the war, in history books they are demons to say the least. America committed genocide with the American Indians and yet it is romanticized by pop culture in the cowboy and western genres. Why strike back when you can strike first? When we look at dystopian novels that were written decades ago, it is alarming to notice the similarities they share with our modern world. George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World have traits that are manifesting as a reality for us. Where do men fit in with the future of the Empire? How long can this Empire last?