Radicals

History is the History of Victors

==The theory that history is the history of victors is a common theory among radicals. This theory is usually misattributed to being a quote of Winston Churchill, but this idea's origins date back to an unknown time period earlier than Churchill. Many historians quote think that this theory may have originated from Hermann Göring's quote, "We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains." The historian who thought of this idea most likely was searching for the answer to the question, "Why is history about wealthier and more powerful people, yet there is no history of the lower classes. This theory describes that when you open a history book you will find history of the upper classes, but there will be no history of the lower classes; therefore, history must be written by the social upper class (victors) because they are the main topic of history.