Colonisation Results in "Graham Hancock-Figures": The Societal Conditions for Historical Disinformation
Might colonisation result in the likes of Graham Hancock, regardless of the time period? In a nutshell, this is what this blog addresses. Why isn't this the title of the blog? Trolls. My brother, with whom I discussed many of these ideas warned me that Hancock and the new generation of "ancient apocalypse" fan-kids can be feral online. Apparently you end up with a different class of fans when you don't have to rely on them reading your entire book like back in the '80s and '90s, and you can now get multi-billion dollar platforms to essentially read these people a pseudo-historical fairytale instead. The idea coalesced after discussing the unexpected immediate interest in my blog on the "Colossus of Memnon" with my brother. You can find the blog here; this blog will make more sense if you read it . My brother had thought I was talking about the blog I published on the Egyptian historian Manetho in which I also discuss decolonisation ( you can find th...
