The Accepted Misconception

When Voltaire stated "History is a lie commonly agreed upon," he referred to the nature of which we, as humans, choose to leave our legacy. Throughout all nations, so-called 'history' has been altered, or edited, to make the specific country to which it pertains to look a little better, a little braver, or a little less like completely jerks. Once this 'new' story is created, it's recorded, the way they want people to see it in the future. It makes sense, since naturally, humans would never want to own up to their own wrongdoings. This proves to be the same basic principle. All through out time, people lie to cover their tracks, and those lie's get passed down to generation after generation, who accept what is told to them.