Two things occurred to me as I read it. For one, the 'great man' theory still lives in the hearts and minds of so many.
Take most situations between a man and a woman today: the man will be considered blameless while the woman will have been the villain/seductress/fill in the blank. Men so often come…
Two things occurred to me as I read it. For one, the 'great man' theory still lives in the hearts and minds of so many.
Take most situations between a man and a woman today: the man will be considered blameless while the woman will have been the villain/seductress/fill in the blank. Men so often come out smelling like roses, even when they were the ones at fault.
Second, and I almost credit this new myth with fuelling the popularity of Trump, is the buffoon who always succeeds, as shown in numerous movies: Dumb and Dumber, Forest Gump for example. I detest these kinds of movies so can't name many, but it seems to be a recurring theme these days. These men win the day in spite of themselves.
I wish we'd credit movements and not automatically assume it was the efforts of one or two very special men who were responsible for positive outcomes.
I like this very much Diana. Not so much men being heroes (got to have 'em), but buffoons as winners. i.e. Trump. What a ghastly decision by US money. He's spicing up the deck, but making the West bow out prematurely. There is no improvment w.r.t. manufacturing, rather an underlining of BRICS etc. Tariffs are an old idea for sure, and a very bad one. He won't be remembered well. IMO
Thanks for this important post, Joshua.
Two things occurred to me as I read it. For one, the 'great man' theory still lives in the hearts and minds of so many.
Take most situations between a man and a woman today: the man will be considered blameless while the woman will have been the villain/seductress/fill in the blank. Men so often come out smelling like roses, even when they were the ones at fault.
Second, and I almost credit this new myth with fuelling the popularity of Trump, is the buffoon who always succeeds, as shown in numerous movies: Dumb and Dumber, Forest Gump for example. I detest these kinds of movies so can't name many, but it seems to be a recurring theme these days. These men win the day in spite of themselves.
I wish we'd credit movements and not automatically assume it was the efforts of one or two very special men who were responsible for positive outcomes.
I like this very much Diana. Not so much men being heroes (got to have 'em), but buffoons as winners. i.e. Trump. What a ghastly decision by US money. He's spicing up the deck, but making the West bow out prematurely. There is no improvment w.r.t. manufacturing, rather an underlining of BRICS etc. Tariffs are an old idea for sure, and a very bad one. He won't be remembered well. IMO