Billy Budd Becoming A Political Propaganda

The way you described it as “alternate history” is interesting in terms of how history is recorded. If you think about it every country’s own history glorifies itself to fuel nationalism in its citizens. However, it can go overboard to a point of becoming a political propaganda—especially in countries where history is dictated by the government. In fact, any bad historian who employs the tactics of lies and omissions of facts as described by Howard Zinn can result in a typical dystopian society. And the way the press described certain events of political bias, as demonstrated with Billy Budd, doesn’t help but further the delusion of a perfect society and nationalism onto its citizens. The way you described the report on Billy Budd by the British