Julius Ceasar, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and many more…

These people had beliefs and worldviews that were so horribly, by today’s standards, that calling them fascist would be huge understatement. And they followed through by committing a lot of evil.

Aren’t we basically glorifying the Hitlers of centuries past?

I know, historians always say that one should not judge historical figures by contemporary moral standards. But there’s a difference between objectively studying history and actually glorifying these figures.

  • Konis@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    3 months ago

    I think you are right. But I don’t think that’s the whole story.

    I think it is also just the fact that they were the winners of history. And we like winning more than we like being moral.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      And we like winning more than we like being moral.

      I wonder why when it comes to “humanity is awesome” variations of sci-fi, we always have to lean so hard on creating a fictional alien race that is somehow worse than humans to prove how “awesome” we are.

      Maybe, just maybe, we’re kind of fucking assholes.