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Official history of the world (web.archive.org)
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[-] Lauchs@lemmy.world 82 points 11 months ago

"But I read a book written by one of the few people who were privileged enough to read and write, and things didn't seem so bad!"

[-] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Literally me, fr fr

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

This is a real issue though. A lot of the writings on the actual lives of random people are from the perspective of "look what these weird foreigners do, instead of being normal like us". And that's not the most objective source.

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is what I dislike about most historical dramas. They focus almost entirely on the pampered (thought no doubt dramatic) lives of the rich and privileged, and lettered, ignoring the great majority of humanity that 1) were engaged every day with the drama of survival, 2) did all of the labour that allowed for those frilly few to write their letters all day.

EDIT: I write from the comfort of my home office on break at my WFH job... >_>

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