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>because of the saying, the victor writes the history books,

Yeah, in all my history books, the bad guys always lost and the good guys always won 100% of the time. What are the odds of that? /s

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I know, but its never really taught how much more complicated the situation is that leads to the start of a war. At best it documents events, but history at least in my case never went into the politics. History was more a case of just remembering facts, but teaching might have changed a bit since my time.

One example of some of the stuff I heard the imperialist forces were up to in Japan, again I dont know how much is true or not, I wasnt there, but I do also read conspiracy theories to broaden my horizons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashita%27s_gold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army_during_...

You get the gist of things in school and can later pursue further education either through more institutional learning or independently seeking out information on you're own. Which you've seemingly have done.

Schools couldn't possibly teach the entirety of human history from every perspective.

> Schools couldn't possibly teach the entirety of human history from every perspective.

Schools could at least start by explaining there is always two sides to every argument though, instead of being forced stealth propaganda down the throats of impressionable minds.

Were you referring to the bible, the koran, the talmud and other religious texts?

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