Should We Embrace The Great Man Theory?

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We should not embrace the sources ideological perspective to any extent because the foundational ideas this source presents have a historical precedence of failure. Due to impossible and complacent standards ingrained into the infrastructure of the ideologies borrowed from. In addition, it is not possible to best understand everything around you, and all systems that act with the assumption that one person or group will always understand what is best for a variety of different groups of people are always needlessly inefficient. The source believes our society would have fewer issues if we had an authoritarian aristocracy, where the leaders get complete control over all massive decisions. Above all, the source values the principles of concentrated …show more content…

According to the theory, distinguished leaders deserve their power based on traits they have since birth, as those traits ultimately make them excellent leaders. Thus, the next leader would be decided from the past leaders family, as they share similar characteristics. Japan during World War Two is a prime example of this, as even though Emperor Hirohito had power over a willing population during the war, he made comparatively few determinations. Instead, power over Japans leadership was mainly in the hands of Tojo Hideki, with the political power of the multiple ministers like the minister of war, commerce and industry, then most influential of all, he was the prime minister. According to Great Man Theory, the most suitable authority figure had little command over Japan. Hirohito was exclusively in his position of power because Japan represented itself as a constitutional monarchy founded on the principles that the dynasty harbors traits vital to leading society but that citizens still deserve representation. However, the prime minister of Japan at the time had arguably more power than the emperor because he occupied multiple positions of power. The result is a prime minister acting as the emperor and vice versa, even though Hirohito, according to Great Man Theory, should lead by default because their heredity guarantees the right traits to lead from birth. Additionally, Hirohitos traits should unfailingly ensure his position in the hierarchy because his family would never have led if he did not have the best traits. Consequently, Hirohitos diminished leadership versus his admiral is a contraction that breaks the fundamental principles of the Great Man theory and proves it

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