c/politics · by MicroWave@lemmy.world · 1y

America’s infatuation with boy geniuses and ‘Great Men’ is ruining us

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/08/boy-geniuses-great-men-trump

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PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y (4 replies)

I disagree... stupid people make this shit happen

AlphaOmega@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y (3 replies)

What boy genius? What great man/men? The exact opposite is true.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y (2 replies)

That's my point. Trump and Elon are not geniuses. Stupid people buy into their grifts

FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)

This is true of a lot of “great men” of history.

SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 1y

Even Jean-Paul Sartre, arguably a great philosopher with valuable anti-Nazi ideas, kind of treated Simone de Beauvoir like shit.

Nobody is perfect. We all have our demons we wrestle with.

ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee · 30 pts · 1y

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floo@retrolemmy.com · 20 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 1y

Do not call out for your father to save you. He is the one who tied you up and buried your dreams in this tomb. He commands these creatures of the dark! Fear! Self-loathing! Stinkin' thinkin'! und Dilly-dallying! Free yourself and destroy this temple of failuuuuuure!

imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

800XL@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

The key word here is "boy" because mentally and emotionally their growth stopped there.

propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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SassyRamen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I'm waiting on a brain blast of sorts

Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y

I don’t think this is an American thing. It’s a human thing.