“War. War never changes” – Narrator from Fallout
series
Since the beginning of time humans have been waging
wars on one another. The reason behind all wars has always been resources and/or
territory. The Romans and Spaniards formed some of the most powerful empires in
history through their wars to gather wealth and territory. Hitler was able to
use war to bring Germany out of the greatest depression in history of mankind.
Even in our modern times wars are waged in the name of justice but the true
intentions are later revealed to be resources such as petroleum and even
sometimes to control a certain territory. This is my favorite quote because it conveys
the truth about war. War has always been the same since the start of time and
always will be the same.
“Ideas don’t
determine who’s right. Power determines who’s right. And I have the power. So
I’m right”
– Jonathan Irons
The world has always been ruled by the powerful, the
1%. People with wealth and power have always been on top controlling those
under them. They have been the ones who have decided what is right and what is
wrong; they have decided how society should be run only because they are more
powerful than everyone else. It is not the talented and intellectual people who
guide society but rather kings and queens whose families are rich and powerful.
This quote is one of my favorite because it is very realistic. Even to this day
our communities and countries are not ruled by the public, it is ruled by those
who hold power.
“History is written by the victors.” – Winston
Churchill
Through human history there have been countless wars
which produced both winners and losers; good guys and bad guys. It is often
those win are considered the good guys and those who lose are the bad guys. The
bad guys would be used as examples for future generations and be condemned till
the end of time. This is not the true reality; in reality there is no true good
guy or bad guy everyone is driven by their own motives and those who agree with
a group’s ideology side with them. The reality of a bad guy is only imposed by
the winners or victors of wars to further establish their power. I chose this
quote because it applied to humans in the past and continues to do so in the
present. When the Russian revolution occurred and communism started to take
hold of Russia the past was no longer the past and it was changed by the victors
of the revolution.
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