Columbus Day Proves History is Written by the Winner Who Cons People into Celebrating Mass Murder
People are finally waking up to the fact that Columbus was a mass murdering tyrant but only after centuries of celebrating him as a hero.
Over the last few years, and rightfully so, cities across the country have been ditching the celebration of Columbus Day. After beating it into children for over a century that Columbus discovered America, the world is finally waking up to the reality that not only did Columbus not discover America, but he was a rapist murdering tyrant that set off a massive genocide. Sadly, however, there are still schools across the country today that will celebrate this tyrant and make a powerful point—history is written by the winner—even if the winner murders and pillages their way into it.
Historical records are kept by those in power, more often than not, those in power achieved that power through unscrupulous means and will do anything to keep it—up to and including writing heroic versions of history about themselves, that never happened. Columbus having his own national holiday proves this. As Napoleon once famously said, “What is history, but a fable agreed upon?”
Christopher Columbus is celebrated because he “sailed the ocean blue in 1492” and “discovered the new world,” but in addition to the fact that he didn’t actually discover anything, there is a very dark side of Columbus’ life that is still not taught in school history books—despite the fact that schools are ceasing celebration of the national holiday.
As Irish Central noted, when Columbus and his men explored the lands of present-day Dominican Republican and Haiti, they found an overwhelming abundance of gold, and Columbus’ lust for fame and fortune “set into motion a relentless wave of murder, rape, pillaging, and slavery that would forever alter the course of human history.”
Catholic Priest Bartolomé de las Casas transcribed Columbus’ journals, and testified to the violence that was chronicled in them, noting that over 3 million people died of a result of the war and slavery championed by Christopher Columbus.
“There were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over 3,000,000 people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines,” de las Casas wrote.
Pointing out the fact that history is written by the winners, de las Casas finished his writing by asking this question: “Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it.”
Indeed, it has taken decades to get people to even question the official history of Columbus. However, it seems that this information awareness is happening more and more quickly thanks to an ever expanding access to information.
When Gutenberg introduced the printing press in 1440, the world had no idea that things were about to drastically change. Prior to the release and production of the printing press, books were incredibly expensive, rare, mostly written in Latin, and reserved for royalty and clergy.
The spread of information was kept under lock and key.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/columbus-history-written-winners/