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a History professor i hirely admire once told me that life is based solely on perspective, the perspective of the one living it. History is based on perspective, in most cases, the WINNER writes the history books, but every once and a while someone SO insane, SO bonkers comes through and makes their mark that they cannot even be wiped from the books. Prime Example: Caligula
Emperor Caligula only reigned for just over three years, but in those three years madness and chaos reigned supreme. Why was this? Caligula was a MADMAN, inbred from the start, Tiberius' favorite nephew, not his direct heir, caligula GLADLY took hold of rome. since Augustus had set up the Ceasarship, and his son Tiberius declared himself Emperor with ABSOLUTE authority, caligula just TOOK that complete and total authority and USED it to its fullest. thinking himself a GOD he set up his cult of caligula right outside of the temple of jupiter, when nobody, ESPECIALLY christians chose to WORSHIP him he started massacring his way to godhood.
from HIS perspective caligula did NOTHING wrong, it was everyone else who were at fault, this same principle is true Today.
Those in Power Tend to BRAINWASH the lessers, the poor and uneducated, in order to KEEP themselves in POWER. while this SHOULD be considered WRONG the various movements of the sixties and seventies CHANGED that perspective. "keep the people poor and stupid" that is how one keeps himself in power.
This is NOT something that should be happening in america but it IS. People are voting for candidates that are ON RECORD stating that one of the people they Admire was MAO TSE-TUNG, the MADMAN whose iron fist created communist china AND who committed MASS genocide and GOT AWAY with it. yet NO ONE is Surprised by this, because history classes SKIP OVER people like mao, stalin, alexander the great, as FOOTNOTES and focus on THEIR specific breed of history.
If life is based solely on Perspective, then we should find the RIGHT perspective based on Ethics and Morality, NOT based on what some LIAR CLAIMS they will Give you for voting. that's Bribery and in ancient Athens it was considered treasonous and the politician HANGED for tampering with democracy.
Anyway i won't rabble on and on, tell me what you guys think. what are YOUR perspectives?
