> Great Men Theory of History If you believe that one person

>>2779693
>hurr it's either great man theory or trends and forces, no gray area!
Retard. It's stupid to suggest that everything would've happened exactly the same had Genghis Khan been stillborn, and it's stupid to think that if Gutenberg didn't exist, we'd still be stuck in the 15th century. It's a mixture of the two.

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>>2779709
> there can be second Gutenberg
> but there can't be second Genghis Khan

>>2779719
>reading comprehension
Genghis Khan clearly added some unique traits that impacted history in a major way. However, Gutenberg could've died as a child, and someone likely would've had the same idea within 50 years.
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>>2779693
Lenin, Jesus, Stalin, Hitler, Napoleon.

all these had a huge impact on history.

>>2780090
They all overrated, so to speak.

>>2780200
If any of those people never existed history looks very different.

>>2780090
Yes but they had help from others obviously.

>>2780260
Don't think anyone argues that these people did it all themselves. The haters on great man theory have made it so all that matters is social movements and shit and individuals barely matter even when they did.

>>2779719
Because Gutenberg's personality has little to do with his influence as the inventor of the printing press. If he had never existed and someone else had invented it instead, things would've been the same.

Whereas Genghis Khan's personality had huge effects on his influence. Even if there had been another Mongol conquered who forged an empire out of half the known world, they wouldn't have had his exact personality and thus certain parts of history would be different. Perhaps there are less brutal genocides. Perhaps the new Emperor isn't as religiously tolerant as Temujin. Perhaps he's gay or sterile and thus there is never a Kublai Khan.