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[Anonymous No.23194960]

Is there a single idea on this earth that is more wrong and stupid than the great man theory?

[Anonymous No.23194967]

Socks and sandals

[Anonymous No.23194972]

for a split second i tought you had found a picture or my middle school girlfriend's legs

[Anonymous No.23194977]

>>23194960
literally how is it wrong. the french revolution would have been suppressed by the old order without napoleon

[Anonymous No.23194981]

>>23194977
Well it sort of was once nappy got ousted. It took a lot to get France to become a liberal democracy. It’s not like Napoleon just created modern France single-handedly.

[Anonymous No.23195078]

>>23194977
>the french revolution would have been suppressed by the old order
And the entire world would have been better off for it.
>>23194960
Great men do exist, but unfortunately the ones you're thinking of inadvertently, and without fail manage to make the world worse than it was before them.
Your great man is Alexander.
Mine is Diogenes.
We are not the same.

[Anonymous No.23195108]

>>23194960
I mean, in a philosophical atmosphere where vague "forces" "pressure" or "shape" stuff into happening in history
The only emotion people seem to feel is "anxiety" about stuff while they're not real people but rather "reflections" of these platonic materialist archetype abominations
Such as this wicked generation is wont to believe?
Then yeah, great man theory is pretty retarded
However, I'd say that with a more broadminded view in terms of causality, you can see how intense personalities have really dominated historical moments
It's linguistic flimflaming

[Anonymous No.23195118]

It takes a village to raise a kid.
It takes a country and history to raise a great man.

[Anonymous No.23195120]

>>23194977

[Anonymous No.23195136]

>>23194960
>lust provoking image

[Anonymous No.23196263]

>>23194960
thinking OP isn't a faggot.

[Anonymous No.23196269]

God uses the talents and ambitions of great men to further his designs in the world.

[Anonymous No.23196290]

>>23194960
>No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

[Anonymous No.23196383]

>>23196290
No more pathetic proof of a man's gullibility than to take the alleged deeds of "great men" at face value.

[Anonymous No.23196393]

>>23196383
Lol, sad midwit.

[Anonymous No.23196395]

>>23196383
Do you think that everything is just made up? We call them great because their influence was widespread, not because Encyclopedia Brittanica tells us they were good. Letters of them calling people niggers, estates and infrastructure in their name, existing nations, etc.

You’re sounding like a jew rn

[Anonymous No.23196407]

>>23194960
Is there any theory that's been more straw manned more like

[Anonymous No.23196440]

>>23194967
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[Anonymous No.23196444]

>>23195120
Marx is literally proof of the great man theory. So were Lenin, Stalin, Mao, etc.

[Anonymous No.23196449]

>>23196407
Marxism

[Anonymous No.23196658]

>>23196444
Communism and marxism would exist without them

[Anonymous No.23196663]

>>23196658
No it wouldn't. Communism is a line of political and social thought which first came to Marx, and was then subsequently developed by Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Deng and now Xi. Remove any of these figures and communism isn't communism.

[Anonymous No.23196911]

>>23196263
I could choke you out with my left hand, I could break you in halves

>>23196444
Marx literally btfod great man theory with historical materialism

[Anonymous No.23196970]

>>23196393
If sadness is your index for what's right, I rest my case.
>>23196395
You sound like a 12yo. And you're closer to your caricature of (((them))) than my comment. Honestly, if the West has morons like you on its side, I'd rather be against it. You made my point and humiliate those you're supposedly speaking for. Thank you. I wish you a long life so that you can be milked for more lulz.
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