Once again you’re suggestion an external force or motivation that cannot be verified to the actions of these men in order to give your argument validate your argument.
That’s the difference between your argument and mine. I can point to examples unrelated to me, untouched, unscathed to justify my viewpoint.
I'm not suggesting an outside force (since man is part of the universe and the universe is the only thing there is, there is no outside force) but rather acknowledging what the men did isn't the only thing that contributed to the toppling of those empires. It's rather just the story we wish to tell. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, BTW, as long as we recognize it as what it is.
I believe the difference in our arguments is one of us believes man is a separate entity from the universe he is, and can only ever be, within. But it is he separate from the universe if he cannot separate himself from the universe?
When you did the same, you had to suggest mysticism because the facts alone prove your argument to be mere pontification.
You look at objective reality through a subjective lens.
It is true that I do not have specific facts about these specific chains of events. Even if I was present through it all, I would not know what facts to attribute to being part of the domino effect.
The only thing I have to backup my argument is YOUR personal experience. You can't look back on your life and honesty and say you are where you are only because of precise strategic calculations you've made from birth or even from last week.
Virtually all of us look at objective reality through a subjective lens simply because we believe we don't. Many things we believe are beyond questioning so we've never actually questioned them beyond surface level. How would we know if something is objective if we've never adequately questioned it?
Yes. Sitting around pontificating and putting the responsibility for your assignment on the universe is the same as Christianity. It has not helped Black America at all, it’s wishful thinking in the midst of a murderer.
I believe it helps the black community to recognize we are a part of something larger than our separate selves so that we learn how to work in concert with it. It gives us the assignment, we don't give it to ourselves. The assignment it gives doesn't feel like work because we want to do it so in essence, the universe gives us the assignment, provides us with what we need to do it then does it for us.
This is the story of those men toppling empires. There's so much of it that never gets told.