History and Revolutions.

The Parodoxical Past

There are a few moments in history when the course of events could have been changed forever if the major players had been equipped with a modern invention.

If Harold II had been wearing modern protective goggles in 1066, he may not have received the fatal shot to the eye, and who knows what would have happened? Maybe we would have been taught about Harold the Conqueror at school instead of William.

And what about old King Canute, who tried to turn the tide back? If only he had had a snorkel and some Waterproof Cases to protect his crown jewels then maybe he would have stuck it out a little longer.

There is more. If France had known about GM crops, would the French Revolution really have happened? The peasants would have had plenty of cake to eat with this technology, and there would have been no need to resort to the violence and bloodshed just to feed themselves and their children.

And do not even get me started on the Russian revolution. The world might have been a very different place if Tsar Nicholas had possessed modern weapons and technology against the Bolsheviks.

It is easy to make light of this in the knowledge that we have several hundreds of years after these historic events. But what if?