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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8548816, member: 24754"]I'd agree that our current perspectives on Commodus are probably skewed toward the negative and overly dramatized. However, the popularity of a leader among the people doesn't really mean much when it comes to their actual leadership abilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Often times, the popularity of a person among the public is simply a testament to the public's stupidity, uninformedness, or susceptibility to propaganda. Modern US political machines are literally built upon these principles (they assume that we are stupid).</p><p><br /></p><p>If Commodus was popular with the people because he was legitimately concerned about their welfare and utilized state funds to efficiently achieve meaningful ends... then that would be one thing. If he was popular because he satisfied the public's blood lust by stabbing a bunch of lions to death..... then that would be another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 8548816, member: 24754"]I'd agree that our current perspectives on Commodus are probably skewed toward the negative and overly dramatized. However, the popularity of a leader among the people doesn't really mean much when it comes to their actual leadership abilities. Often times, the popularity of a person among the public is simply a testament to the public's stupidity, uninformedness, or susceptibility to propaganda. Modern US political machines are literally built upon these principles (they assume that we are stupid). If Commodus was popular with the people because he was legitimately concerned about their welfare and utilized state funds to efficiently achieve meaningful ends... then that would be one thing. If he was popular because he satisfied the public's blood lust by stabbing a bunch of lions to death..... then that would be another.[/QUOTE]
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