>be Marcus Aurelius, revered philosopher king and intellectual giant.
>have son that pretends to be Hercules and spends his time clubbing animals to death in the colloseum.
Have we always been fucked as a species?
>>70936852
Wat
>>70936890
Even someone like Marcus Aurelius begat a retard, despite his best efforts. What hope do we have?
>>70936890
The GOAT of Stoicism's son was a baka
>>70936852
Commodus was lefthanded
so is Obama
so was Bill Clinton (and 5 of the last 7 presidents)
so is Cameron
so is Netanyahu
so is Bloomberg,
etc.
we're living in the last days
>>70936852
Didn't he also fight cripples that could only fight back with sponges?
>>70936852
most of Marcus Aurelius's sons died
same with Lincoln
the lord works in mysterious ways, anon
>>70936852
>dad was a beta cuck
>son was an alpha buck
looks like things are moving up!
>>70937241
>Marcus Aurelius
>cuck
>>70937202
Yeah. And had the whole city carted into the arena just to show off his autism.
Then he charged them for the privilege.
commodus was a millennial
all fucked up because he was neglected by his boomer father who was off doing shit instead of being a father
>>70937557
no, commodus was a boomer
the irresponsible ones
>>70936852
>Have we always been fucked as a species?
we're still here, eh?
just live yo life, nigga
the future will take care of itself
>>70937193
4 of the last 5; W was the exception and he wasn't really in control (his left-handed father was)
>>70937193
>tfw southpaw
>>70937657
I think the millennial description is much more apt, seeing as he was given to base gratification and narcissism.
But Aurelius was more of a greatest generation type, not a boomer.
>>70936852
Name me a truly great man who was also the son of a great man.
True greatness requires adversity from birth. It's very unusual to repeat generations.
>be a great king from a bloodline of kings
>rule a great nation
>your son is a cosplaying faggot
>>70937957
Alexander.
Charlemagne.
>muh generations
>muh worship of "alphas" (you use that word and you're automatically a faggot)
>muh degeneracy
Angry faggot failures.
>>70937957
Donald J. Trump.
>>70938071
To clarify, we would not recognize Alexander as "great" without the efforts of his father, Phillip II, completely setting the stage for what would be Alexander's conquest.
And Chalremagne's manlet father restored power to the Frankish throne, and removed kebab from France.
>>70938150
No.
>>70937513
That is hilarious. I remember reading about him when i was like 7 in a horrible histories childrens book, i never knew his father was Marcus Aurelius.
>>70938148
Beta: The Post
i just read he wiki
what a fucking faggot
would kill hundreds of animals every morning for fun and then go club to death cripples and ill soldiers in the arena
>>70938541
So it's ok to miss prayers when you are shitposting?
>>70938851
>calls someone beta
>uses pics of anime
A FUCKING LEAF
>>70938851
There's the internet alpha I was looking for. How does it feel to have to go on the Internet and bitch about immigration in order to feel intelligent and validated?
>>70938485
Sorry, but I think Alexander is the definition of a great man who was the son of a great man. If what he achieved can't be considered great enough, then there's an inherent problem with being a son of a great man.
Kublai Khan could also kind of count, though the dynamics are quite different, and the circumstances of the Mongolian Empire are certainly a different beast on their own.
>>70939615
That's more along the lines of what I wanted to say, sorry if it wasn't clear. Alexander obviously did the conquering himself, he just didn't have to do any of the prep work.
And I was going to say kublai as well, and this is nothe to say that his father was not also great (ogedai, if I recall?), but both are overshadowed by the grandfather, temujin.
Also I too am greek, hivemind?
>>70937928
>seeing as he was given to base gratification and narcissism.
that's just a holdover from the boomers; we're running on fumes of the last generation still
millennials have yet to fundamentally self-realize
related;
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/opinion/the-downside-of-liberty.html
>>70937928
>But Aurelius was more of a greatest generation type, not a boomer.
the sons of the greatest gen. were boomers. QED
the pendulum swings back and forth
>>70938541
YES!
>>70940805
>>70940763
Point taken. I can see it.
>>70939110
>Y-you're on the internet therefore you can't be alpha
>Assumes I post about a specific topic
3/10 try harder
