I don't know, maybe a better word would be megalomaniacs or people who suffer from god delusions. I know it's rationally wrong, but I just can't help but feel, for lack of a better word, inspired. I know a lot of the portrayals of these people are purpotrated by themselves, but to me, this is the closest we humans can get. In a godless world, a world filled with disease, poverty, starvation, and failure, where we all either struggle amongst each other in the fray, or cower in fear together in the mud, one man emerges to take control. Realizing the ineptitude of the many, of the politicians, of the masses, of the rich, of the poor, of the opressors, of the opressed, he dictates. One man, who seizes the day. One man, who casts the die. One man, who shapes destinty with his own hands, to create a beautiful illusion.
(First clip starts way near the end, don't be afraid. It makes the second clip so much more powerful)
Yeah, I should get back to studying for my Roman Civilization class O.o
I think it's sort of cool though, how it's always a cycle of things going bad, and people losing confidence in themselves, getting a dictator, losing confidence in the dictator, and back again.
We still have a similar attitude today with the commander in chief philosophy. In a time of crisis, we believe it is best to put it all in the hands of one or few.
And I just love the art and fluff that comes with dictatorship XD To me, those are so beautiful, that it completely masks the ugly reality of their rule (dunno if I should throw Alexander in there... it's more like he's just a king who conquers a lot of land and people, which immeditely collapses. But hey, he inspired a shit load of people after him, so he's the first true mortal god figure in my mind)
