(1/n)
"#History is written by the victors."
Yes, and this is why the international community must form alliances that protect the vast majority of nations: they are not mighty.
In fact, it is an old concept derived from #Aesop / #Aísōpos n the 7th-6th century BC: His fable of the Bundle of Sticks, also known as the Old Man and His Sons.
https://www.thoughtco.com/aesops-fable-the-bundle-of-sticks-118589
However, it is time to re-invent this concept for the 21st century: not...
@Oeneus@assortedflotsam.com
@specked @Oeneus@assortedflotsam.com
(2/n)
...religion nor race, or family ties must be the (sole) unifying factor for the #BundleOfSticks, but the joint belief in a better world with a rules-based order, where the may punish the aggressor, if possible by peaceful means (#LastResort theory.)
https://www.thoughtco.com/aesops-fable-the-bundle-of-sticks-118589
...
@specked @Oeneus@assortedflotsam.com
(3/3)
...PS:
Is the fable only part of the bible* or also the Torah, I wonder?
"#Ecclesiastes picked up the moral in his proverbs, 4:12 (King James Version)
"And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken."
//