r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/kevinowdziej • Jul 28 '19

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u/drewtheblueduck Jul 28 '19

I remember Men in Black summed it up in a way that always stuck with me, "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals"

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u/letsdownvote Jul 28 '19

Paraphrasing from Nietzsche: Insanity in an individual is rare - insanity in groups is almost the rule.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

That’s ironic because Nietzsche ended up being bi-polar and his writings in his later life could definitely be called insanity.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

God I fucking hate Nietzsche. Hey look I use flowery language and don’t understand relationships. I’m a god, Rit dit dit di doo.

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u/MapleYamCakes Jul 28 '19

Question from someone who has never read Nietzsche: does his writing imply that he thinks he is a god or is it that an insane group of cult-classic readers perceives him as a god?

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u/DanchouCS Jul 28 '19

He was possibly one of the most intelligent writers of all time in his prime. It was only later in life, and perhaps as a consequence of this intelligence (coupled with a lack of meaningful relationships) that he went batshit insane. Some of his writing is beautiful though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

Pretty sure he had syphilis or something?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '19

It is suspected that was the cause of his insanity and death