Chapter 7-8
It is easy to paint history the color you want it to be when you hold the paintbrush. While i agree with most of the facts and stories presented in these chapters the comments about Washington are hardest to sit with me. For me these chapters provided the opportunities to realize that everyone is good in the eyes of someone and everyone is the devil to someone else. While Washington did wonderful things for the country it is amazing to think that he was so dependent upon slavery. I think it is best to take these facts and constantly remind yourself of what was going on during the time. In taking a step back into history you are able to almost put yourself in the shoes of these now greater men.
Time does not change everything. Money still drives power and someone with money is forever hesitant to give it up for fear of losing everything.
Time does not change everything. Money still drives power and someone with money is forever hesitant to give it up for fear of losing everything.
posted by RJ at 1/31/2007 09:26:00 PM
1 Comments:
I think the is one of the best posts. Society is driven by money and there are only a handful of people that are willing to give up material things and put other people in front of them. I have always found this interesting. Throughout history prominent figures are glorified but who really knows what motivated them to be good people and what they went through to come to that realization. History is only told through a small lens and what we may think is good sometimes is something totally opposite.
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