Why did everyone presume he would have been a good civil governor?
>>287980989The retarded public is always desperate for an authoritarian.
Because he's immune to corruption.
>>287981026But he still only studied to be a historian, not a bureaucrat or a politician.
>>287980989He couldn't even managed his household.
>>287981057Exactly.
He likes to drink
>>287980989Why did Julian let him die?
>>287980989He is the space Jesus.
>>287981248Earth is our home.
>>287981329The Terran cult is so retarded. Just stay on earth if you like it so much. Nobody’s stopping you.
>>287980989Because this is the type of story where a character who is said to be good at a thing is good at it, and if they're said to be bad they are bad.
>>287981723But then how else would we watch them get wrecked in hilarious ways?
>>287980989Talented people are talented in everything.
>>287980989The whole point of LotGH is refutation of the Great Man theory of history.Yang knows he is not a Great Man yet is surrounded by people who think he is that would gladly do all kinds of corruption on his behalf if he just started acting on the ambition they take for granted a 'genius' like him must have. Meanwhile Reingard does think he is a Great Man and is completely ignorant of the degree to which he's just a cog in the machine and how nothing he does or doesn't do will be enough to prevent the collapse of the Empire, because he likewise doesn't accept the fact that all empires are doomed to collapse no matter what anyone does due to their very nature as empires
>>287983053>The whole point of LotGH is refutation of the Great Man theory of history.is it though?
>>287983074Yes.
>>287981057>studied to be a historian>not a bureaucrat>not a politician>not corruptWhy would you not vote for him?
>>287983184idk anon, Reinhard might be a sissy prick, but he does fit the term.
>>287980989the bar isn't very high when these are usually corrupt swindlers
>>287980989Better to be under a corrupt democracy then under the heel of a noble dictator. Something like that. I don't even know anymore my political beliefs have changed quite a bit since I watched LOGH but on paper it works. I get everyone's everyone hating on democracy these days given its failings. I don't know different masks for different ways to control people at the end of the day. I can go on and on.
>>287980989Did they? It's more like he's at least respected and people would love to give the government to him. Even if he personally sucks he could form his own inner circle to deal with politics. This doesn't even have to be permanent thing, just use his power to clean out the sludge and win the war, then he can bring back democracy proper and retire.
>>287980989a reluctant leader tends to be the best, because he's motivated by duty instead of ambition. in the roman republic, when a dictator was appointed during a crisis the lictor responsible for handing over the fasces was supposed to withhold it if the dictator reached for it too eagerly
He's a great tactician but a terrible politician. Reinhard was much more skilled in that regard. Yang wouldn't be able to get anything done.
