Most people are familiar with names like Mao and Stalin, but are they familiar with others high up in their government? Probably not. Columbus needed help with his voyage. Bush needed help with the Iraq war. Two of the many examples. A leader requires a supporting cast, and a supporting cast requires a leader. Are leaders worthy of the attention they receive?
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Is Cheney really much better than Bush? Was Goebells much better than Hitler? Was Ilya Ehrenberg(who?) really much better than Stalin? The answer to all 3 is no. I wouldn't say the supporting cast deserves as much attention as the leaders do, but they certainly deserve more attention than they receive.
Yes,I think this.
In the case of Elizabeth the first of England I think she absolutely deserved her supporters.The country experienced a renaissance under her rule and prospered.
In the case of Hitler I don't think he deserved the people who supported him because he was on a personal mission and not in it for his country.
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To continue with this in mind, I don't think worthiness has anything to do with fame in general. Those who make a name for themselves, whether good or bad, will be remembered. It's just a fact based on cause and effect, not something we can decide.
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And besides, those who are more concerned with goals other than self promotion probably lack the ego to care whether or not they are remembered.
No,it doesn't.
But wouldn't you agree leaders who do good deserve attention and admiration?
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I wouldn't disagree. I wish they would get more attention and admiration, but I'm probably just being picky with semantics and my definition of "deserve."
Slightly.
I think the bad leaders get more attention than the good though, unfortunately.I suppose it's because their crimes against their own countries are so outlandish they eclipse anything a good leader could do.
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To me it seems he genuinely believed he was doing his country a favour. In hindsight it's easy to see how wrong he was, the evil of the Nazi policies, and the damage he did to his own country, to Europe and to the world. And on that basis, he didn't deserve the support he got.
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