Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Victims, Victors, & Transcendence

The victors write and control history, and it can be assumed, every other discourse in the history of mankind. The victims are left behind, without a voice, left to fend for themselves in the struggle for victory. Recently there has been more attention given to the victims of history, a subject called history from the ground up. However, this revolutionizing of discourse, while staying within the traditional space opened for the discourse, does not go beyond the cycle of victims becoming victors.

In order for the victim to become the victor, the victim must do whatever was done to them to another people. They must learn to victimize others, and grasp proudly there victory. This is the cycle of violence visible in our history up to the present.

To become victorious means to victimize, this must be transcended.

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