(11-19-2014, 07:34 PM)XionComrade Wrote: Alexander was a die-hard conqueror with a pleasant personality, you could hardly find a more perfect example. "A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient."
I'm not saying that Alexander was a paragon of positivity, but neither do I think he was a paragon of negativity. I don't think the entity behind that incarnation polarized enough one way or the other to reach harvestability.
But then again, what do I know? And that's kind of the point I'm trying to make.

(11-19-2014, 07:34 PM)XionComrade Wrote: The Soviet Union was known for it's command and conquer attitude and it's phenomenal level of suppression, it was a empire deliberately made to be a breeding ground for negative polarity, as empires typically are.
Unlike, say, the United States? Or the British Empire? I could engage you in a long-winded debate on political policy and differing perspectives of history, but that would be off topic and likely would serve little purpose.
All I'm saying is be careful making judgments or applying labels, because we do not see the big picture. This sort of speculation can be interesting, but it can be a dangerous game to play. Creating lists of people we think are negative is a separative act, it makes an Us and a Them.