The Broken Mythology of Great Men (Patreon)

The Broken Mythology of Great Men

Let's examine the celebrity, the entrepreneur, and the national hero as manifestations of the mythology of Great Man Theory and take on the task of killing our heroes—metaphorically of course. Anansi's Library: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYz5HyBuWBOmc9B3wF_Yc7w Fab Socialism: https://www.youtube.com/user/VELLLOH TheStoryteller: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheStorytellerAJ The list of artists used is in the outro. Introduction - 0:00 Celebrity Culture - 1:57 Entrepreneurs - 5:12 National Heroes - 6:32 Great Man Theory - 9:24 What About Leadership? - 13:38 Outro - 16:34 = Support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/saintdrew = Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/_saintdrew = = Follow my music producer, salmon the ghost: https://soundcloud.com/salmontheghost = Music: Sun (prod. salmon the ghost) outro music: Cedar Womb by joe zempel YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuMhK75-tYDMV_7nEExFmg Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3vVDncwsr2d6svvsH8WVYO?si=XCvFfCf5RM--WiCRHTUjgw&dl_branch=1 = Sources & Resources: https://crimethinc.com/2020/12/29/kill-your-heroes-a-filipino-anarchist-discussion-about-national-heroes https://newsocialist.org.uk/the-great-man-theory-of-history-and-new-labour/ https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chris-crass-but-we-don-t-have-leaders-leadership-development-and-anti-authoritarian-organizing https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/guy-debord-comments-on-the-society-of-the-spectacle https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-stars-in-their-eyes-notes-on-the-origins-of-the-cult-of-celebrity https://www.aaihs.org/70-remembering-a-revolution-in-trinidad-and-tobago/ https://medium.com/@rexphillipsdibb/marxism-in-practice-did-thomas-sankara-truly-improve-burkina-faso-cdf771387725 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjrvKA4w9-Y https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/chris-crass-but-we-don-t-have-leaders-leadership-development-and-anti-authoritarian-organizing