Human Struggle and History
Since the beginning of human thought, men have battled against one another on the basis of belief. Philosophy became the battleground of two opposing sides: The ones who ask questions and the ones who create answers.
Throughout history, the struggle between the opposing sides has clashed frequently in a untimely rythm like a violent and never-ending storm. Socrates only suffered the consequences of challenging those who believed to know the answers. Nietzsche suffered a lonely life amongst the mass of thinkers who believed to know the answers. Thucydides only began to describe the result of the herd factor on humanity. The only consequence of mass movement is destruction.
However, I tell you that history is not molded by the mass, but by the individuals. The few Ubermenschen who take their lives and morals into their own hands. They are the people that put us in the place where we are in. They are ones who shape our future.
I ask each and every one of you readers to re-evaluate your lives. I acknowledge the fact that most of you will not see anything wrong with the way you live. Your goal in life is to be happy. The true last man. However, for those of you who realize your potential to be different, unique, better than society, I ask of you only your furthered interest.
Society, laws, and rules are all meant to be broken to make way for new ones. This, in turn, is also known as progress. Man is something to be overcome (Nietzsche). Jesus Christ, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lenin, Che Guevara, and others have taken the responsibility to create exactly that: their rules and morals. How has mankind benefited from these individuals and their new laws? Progress. Everything from human rights, to technological advancements. So why are all these men persecuted? They threaten the old. They threaten the tradition. They threathen the religion. And too many people are looking backwards to notice that history has left them biting the dust.
Throughout history, the struggle between the opposing sides has clashed frequently in a untimely rythm like a violent and never-ending storm. Socrates only suffered the consequences of challenging those who believed to know the answers. Nietzsche suffered a lonely life amongst the mass of thinkers who believed to know the answers. Thucydides only began to describe the result of the herd factor on humanity. The only consequence of mass movement is destruction.
However, I tell you that history is not molded by the mass, but by the individuals. The few Ubermenschen who take their lives and morals into their own hands. They are the people that put us in the place where we are in. They are ones who shape our future.
I ask each and every one of you readers to re-evaluate your lives. I acknowledge the fact that most of you will not see anything wrong with the way you live. Your goal in life is to be happy. The true last man. However, for those of you who realize your potential to be different, unique, better than society, I ask of you only your furthered interest.
Society, laws, and rules are all meant to be broken to make way for new ones. This, in turn, is also known as progress. Man is something to be overcome (Nietzsche). Jesus Christ, Napoleon Bonaparte, Lenin, Che Guevara, and others have taken the responsibility to create exactly that: their rules and morals. How has mankind benefited from these individuals and their new laws? Progress. Everything from human rights, to technological advancements. So why are all these men persecuted? They threaten the old. They threaten the tradition. They threathen the religion. And too many people are looking backwards to notice that history has left them biting the dust.
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