How many times have I said to myself:"If I'd have only known?" I cant count 'em. History does allow us to see trends, patterns; and allows us to know. We dont have to even rhyme. The west will pull up, most likely because insightful writers don't equivocate. The reader says: "Yikes, wait a minute!" and is forced to think, since he isn't supplied an out. A significant population of these people are out there, pseudonymously or not, carrying the spirit of this culture with them and reinforcing it.
From your keyboard to God's ear...