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That was not your position, stop lying
You replied: "Pure Great Man nonsense."
It's a non sequitur!
I didn't even suggest that Trump was a leader who got to power because of his abilities.
I then said this for clarification:
Which is literally Herbert Spencer's critique of Great Man theory!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory
Yet you keep arguing!
I'm not sure why you are trying so hard to deflect any criticism of Trump into a societal problem. Trump isn't blameless. He has agency.
What you said is:
And you justified it by claiming it's "evolutionary biology". Substantiate that claim.
Evolutionary basis of cults:
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/context/theses_dissertations/article/1356/viewcontent/best_2018.pdf
Source that cults fail after their leader dies:
The People's Temple (Jonestown)
Heaven's Gate
The Branch Davidians
Children of God
Order of the Solar Temple
Aum Shinrikyo
Modern Cults that survived their leader's death:
Mormons and Scientology.
Those are literal cults, not cults of personality. Trump supporters aren't living with him in a compound, genius.
And that paper isn't about evolutionary biology anyway, stop just linking whatever and hoping no-one checks
Cults aren't defined by people living in a compound.
The paper referenced evolutionary reasons for cults.
Fucks sake. What are you trying to accomplish here? Everyone can see you're just behaving in bad faith
You threw out the term Great Man theory without even understanding it.
I've refuted every single argument with sources and you keep arguing.
I stated the fact with sources: Cults have an evolutionary basis I stated the fact with sources: Cults tend to die when the leader dies.
You have nothing in reply.
I believe you push Great Man Theory into arguments even when it doesn't apply to absolve Trump of any responsibility.
Again, what are you trying to accomplish here? Nobody is going to miss your obvious bad faith.
You keep claiming bad faith when I addressed your arguments directly.
I think outing a Trump apologist is useful.
Lol, you people really are parodies of yourself
Evolutionary justification for cults:
https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=%2Fcontext%2Ftheses_dissertations%2Farticle%2F1356%2F&path_info=best_2018.pdf
Cults tend to die with their leaders. I've listed many of the cults that died in this thread. Cults surviving the death of their leader is the exception.
Dude, who are you expecting to buy into this...
You asked for sources and I gave them. You lost and you've been outed as a Trump apologist.
Lol. Come on now.