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Post by Elizabeth on Nov 18, 2017 18:53:52 GMT
What do you think?
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Post by marduk on Nov 29, 2017 14:06:27 GMT
Yes! I agree! But as I've said before, the modern world is difficult to change one person. In the Past maybe it was a lot easier than it is now! i agree with the modern world being more difficult to change due to the grip of state power and people set in their own biases when it comes to thought. but our abilities to communicate on a global level(like this forum or youtube) should make it much easier for that one person and his/her idea to get noticed and start a following its difficult in terms of magnitude but easier in terms of communication i suppose
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Post by Onetrack on Dec 3, 2017 15:38:22 GMT
You need that one spark, that one idea that can change the world. In a few weeks the Falcon 9 Heavy will launch, with a plan of putting an object in orbit around Mars (Elon Musks very own Telsa Roadster) Should this be successful it'll put us in line at the very beginning to break free from the troubles on this planet and become a multi-planetary species. With all the hundreds of trillions of dollars spent on war its a breath of fresh air to look to the stars.
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Post by koushy on Dec 6, 2017 10:27:05 GMT
No. in most cases the individuals that make changes are a product, a result of many trials and errors by a society and it's objectives. Alexander, Jesus, Muhammad, even Hitler are all an outcome of a sociological reactions.
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Post by marduk on Dec 6, 2017 10:33:53 GMT
No. in most cases the individuals that make changes are a product, a result of many trials and errors by a society and it's objectives. Alexander, Jesus, Muhammad, even Hitler are all an outcome of a sociological reactions. just gotta wait for that new product boii sociological reasons will and always will be the roots but the mouthpiece for the collective always has to be the embodiment of the collective perspective, in that sense its one person who had the ability/nature which fits in with the collective to the dot. Hitler was basically the embodiment of how Germans felt after their loss in the 1st war, the people made him. the person and his characteristics just have to fit the common sociological perspective of the time, in that sense it can be a single person, but not any single person.
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Post by mdk on Dec 6, 2017 12:12:11 GMT
To think that a person can't influence the society is akin to the survivor fallacy: you only take into account the cases where it didn't matter. Take the example of Hitler: for him just to be born, his two parents should have met, his four parents should have met, his eight grand-grand-parents should have met, etc. Heck, if you only go 20 generations ago you would get that 2 million people needed to have "met" just for Hitler to be born. And 20 generation, assuming a span of 25 years between generations is just 500 years. So if any of these people would have done something else, the world would have been very different. And I don't buy into the fact that WW2, for example, was inevitable because it was a product of society. If Hitler would have been a product of the society, why didn't other "Hitlers" appear during the same period? Sure, the political situation was vital for him to rise to power, but his existence was just as vital for the subsequent events to unfold.
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Post by -VITNI- on Dec 8, 2017 6:43:12 GMT
Every life changes it at a constant rate. Everything that you decide to do with the time granted not only changes what you have done or the world, but the entire universe and a infinite amount of others like it. One action,one man or woman does make all the difference.
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Post by aldric on Dec 8, 2017 9:45:08 GMT
Certainly, for better or for worse, depending on your perspective. Just look at the likes of Julius Caesar, or Emperor Constantine, or George Washington, or Adolf Hitler. Every one of these people had and have brought monumental change to our world. This isn't exclusive to political figures either, think of Alexander Fleming or Charles Darwin. For people to be truly great, however, I believe they must act in accordance with the time in which they are living. Had the religious environment been any different, Constantine may not have embraced Christianity. Had the economic environment of Germany been any different, Hitler may not have inspired the German people.
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Post by ironmaw on Dec 9, 2017 3:27:25 GMT
Every time you change yourself you change the world...
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Post by Elizabeth on Dec 9, 2017 3:35:20 GMT
Every time you change yourself you change the world... I think I know what you mean...but can you explain more to make sure?
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Post by ironmaw on Dec 9, 2017 3:38:47 GMT
It is just a matter of influence... The more control you have over yourself, the more influence you have on those around you.
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Post by -VITNI- on Dec 9, 2017 3:49:52 GMT
It is just a matter of influence... The more control you have over yourself, the more influence you have on those around you. I entirely agree, ironmaw. Discipline is a great virtue that has been lost by many, especially within western cilivization.
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Post by ironmaw on Dec 9, 2017 3:52:50 GMT
Post-modernism has been a big setback for western civilization... I believe we are in a new enlightenment period though and that philosophy and reason are having a resurgence. A sort of renaissance if you will.
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Post by Elizabeth on Dec 9, 2017 4:10:36 GMT
It is just a matter of influence... The more control you have over yourself, the more influence you have on those around you. I entirely agree, ironmaw. Discipline is a great virtue that has been lost by many, especially within western cilivization. So true...it's sad but that's the reality.
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Post by thebigbado on Jan 7, 2018 23:15:14 GMT
It depends what it means to change the world. To what extent? One person can certainly start a change. One person can press the button to launch missile to “end” the world. The answer is probably an easy ‘yes’.
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Post by AssumedKarma on Jan 8, 2018 9:33:11 GMT
With enough will power I do believe one person can change the world. I mean look at Hitler, by his terrible actions we were forced to look at the way we treat other humans.
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