On Knowledge, or the Lack Thereof, and Making History

Something I've been pondering: I switched from organizer-esque work to academia because I wanted to be sure (or at least a little more hopeful) that I know what the heck I'm talking about when I make claims about history. However, Trump is such a good reminder that history is all too often made by people who don't know anything about history. So, all you organizers out there, keep doing the right thing without worrying about if it's perfectly right, because there are plenty of people with plenty of power who are doing the very wrongest thing without caring at all about what rightness is.