>ozymandias claimed the only way to stop nuclear war between the United States and the USSR was by convincing everyone that there was a danger of an alien invasion>the closest equivalent of this was the Iberian Conquistadores travelling around the world to places that did not know who they were. The result of this was not union between the indigenous inhabitants against a common, foreign and alien enemy, but collaboration with them against local rivalsWhat does this say about human nature, /his/?
>>16548818It says that people are absolutely willing to craft elaborate narratives where they're the most important person whose grand acts are the only possible solution to the world's problems. Not cooperation, not difficult and tedious actions over a long period of time, and certainly not *politics*. Just one dude with a massive ego. Fucking Ozymandias.Vainglory shit.
