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Time Magazine: Man of the Millennium

Matthias Warkus mawarkus at t-online.de
Tue Sep 22 11:31:47 EST 1998


Andy Ylikoski schrieb:
> 
> >From: peter at baileynm.com (Peter da Silva)
> >Subject: Re: Time Magazine: Man of the Millennium
> [snips]
> >Leonardo da Vinci is the most likely MotM, politically and socially.
> >
> >Though a lot could be said for Malthus. *sigh*
> 
> My suggestion is the head of the American Revolution, George
> Washington.  He is the man who did the most for the benefit of the
> human race.

<flame type=ridiculous>
Damn, and what about Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Locke, all these,
the whole Lumières crowd, Kant, whoever, what the fuck about THEM?
</flame>

Or are you implying that George Washington's leading of the American
Revolution had some other benefit than just creating the first "modern"
(this can be argued) democracy in the world?
If yes, are you suggesting that the American hegemony has done us any
good?

If no, are you realising George Washington has invented neither
democracy nor sliced bread? If this was "Man of the Last Three
Millennia", I'd have a hard time deciding between Solon, Cleisthenes and
Pericles.

mawa
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