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frank's avatar

> What if everything you know about history—every war, every alliance, every triumph or tragedy, every group, organization, individual, family—was a lie?

I came to this conclusion about a decade ago, after reading some of Anatoly Fomenko's books (History : Fiction or Science ?).

Although restricts his work mostly to the pre-Renaissance period, and occasionally get carried away with his nationalist reconstruction attempts...

Nonetheless, an eye-opener for me.

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Fart Backpack's avatar

Awesome article, yet again.

Are You familiar with the story of John Dee?

He is credited with being the "Father of intelligence agencies", and He claimed to be a Druid wizard.

Spies rely on the ability to dick around with smoke and mirrors, and illusion. Layered bullshit, set up like an Easter Egg hunt. Its a Wilderness of Mirrors, and it makes People expend time, effort, and energy on an ultimately fruitless snipe hunt, and Unicorn-finding "task force".

This article scratches the surface of what COULD be a college course.

Really well done.

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RayT's avatar

Excellently written. If only many (can't possibly fathom all, lol, and cannot reasonably even expect many) would follow this line of thinking.

Now, of course, you realize you have to question what you know about the past UK / European / etc. A helluva time to be alive and witnessing.

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Robbie63's avatar

Who, EM?

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