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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I said this:

"The forces that create the environment for a Hitler to come to power are different than the personality cult that develops after the person is in power."

Which is literally Herbert Spencer’s critique of Great Man theory!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory

I also claimed that tribalism has evolutionary roots. You need a source for that?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

I also claimed that tribalism has evolutionary roots.

No, you didn't. You claimed that MAGA will die with trump because evolutionary biology. Source that claim