The thing about dominating forces is their concern for history –in the process cleverly detaching from present, as also their confidence in complete control to dictate the present narration into future. Posing as righteous they value history as sole witness of their actions. Present is too insignificant, too incapable, for evaluating their actions -which ofcourse is mystified as it is blessed. Present is devalued, thrashed and made to fit in for the lens of history meanwhile exacting nefarious plans. History is a concern for narcissist who deem themselves as specially entitlement to decide the course for humanity and that their actions are beyond the conceptions of others -least the common populace. Thinking of present from the prism of distant future is a luxury, an indulgence, of megalomaniacal minds. It conveniently and purposely negates complexity of present into a single strand of possibility that history is expected to authenticate, hence the clairvoyant sagacity of perpetrators. Pity these people. They also have arrogant concerns for their legacy and their actions are calibrated as a pose for posterity at a great cost.
Yes some actions do change course of mainstream history but it is mostly exaggerated. History is too narrow an evaluation for complexity of humanity, the everchanging world. Much of humanity live hidden from the radar of mainstream history, isolated from its carefully calibrated concerns. This living ‘history’ –living with complexities of present, contributes to consolidation of vibrant unique culture and value systems. Historians exaggerate, indeed eulogize (particularly when the present of the society is too primitive and insecure), kings, wars and dynasties as defining passage of time. This is a sham concocted by sinister forces and does immense damage on younger generations as it capsulate humanity’s past into few megalomaniacs and nurture whims of feudal structures as defining. It poses these medieval brutal forces as presenting meaning for contemporary wherein these miserable were coping with brutal realities of their condition with limited wherewithal. Hinging contemporary discourse into claims of history is spurious, it is a sinister distraction. History will be stridently vehemently desiccated, eviscerated, and shredded in the light of the present and evaluated with and measured in value of life.
World has never witnessed such destructive capacity in the hands of few, as we see now, that could completely obliterate life on planet. Meanwhile climate catastrophes severely undermine future. Future with any semblance of present seems a luxury. If such is the complexity of present that future looks bleak for much of humanity it puts in frame the audacity of megalomaniac’s self assured claim of posterity lighting a beacon of grace for their irresponsible actions that severely peril the present. What could go wrong?
