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title: "The Great Man Theory"
excerpt: "Al Gore invented the internets."
author: madphilosopher
tags: [fallacies]
comments: true
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  feature: generous-thief.png
  credit: Jon Roelofs
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The belief that history and progress are furthered by individual great men Such as George Washington or Hitler.  This line of reasoning leads to individual inactivity and apathy to moral issues in their own lives, because it's the role of a greater man to further history and progress, not the role of the individual.

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