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To be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its ally is fatal (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't believe in "Great Man Theory" as a useful method of analysis of historical trends. Material conditions and political economic factors play a far greater role in historical events than the individual whims of leaders.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't think it's just Putin which is why I mentioned the megalomania of other Russian elites. But Putin surely made the final decision to invade.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Believing history to be driven by the egos of a few individuals and divorcing it entirely from materialist analysis is Great Man Theory, though. Ego may have played a small factor, but certainly not the driving force.