Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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« on: December 27, 2023, 06:12:17 PM » |
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Marcus Aurelius carried out genocides of several Germanic tribes. James I sowed the seeds of divine right monarchy which would eventually spiral into the Civil Wars and revived witch hunting. Gandhi was an appeaser during WW2. MLK was a raging misogynist. Mandela underestimated the AIDS crisis.
There's really so such thing as an "entirely good" person - in life in general, but especially not when it comes to historical figures. We still need positive role models, of course, and all these people are. But it's dangerous to revere them as saints.
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