It doesn’t help that he was intensely mercurial, and that his views changed radically over the course of his life.
What a prickly soul he was!
Comment on A man of many contrasts
doomchapel666@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
i’m currently reading one of his biographies and i’ve really been struggling with reconciling who i was taught he was and who he actually was lol
PugJesus@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
doomchapel666@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
it does sound like he was difficult, to say the least, but i do believe he was always sure he was doing the right thing. something can be said about his consistency in that regard. lol
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago Why would you do something if you were sure you were wrong?
doomchapel666@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
??? that isn’t what i said. people are unsure of their actions or choices all the time.
The key is every person famous enough in history for you to have learned their name sucked. You have to find the things they did well and find ways to bring those forward into the current day, and find the things they failed at and find contemporaries from their time who had the right idea on those things and bring that into the current day, too.
And also be acutely aware that the things you say and think and do will someday be reviewed and found lacking. So be open minded. Don’t assume any one demagogue or political faction is completely on the nose about every single thing. Perform the due diligence to force out intolerance and foster a true era of good will and love.