Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche was a nineteenth century German philosopher who in the end went insane and died!
Its often claimed by people of religion that he was a Nazi because of his hatred of religion. He believed that religion like judaism and christianity was a religion of slaves. The Jews and christians were restricted by moral codes that were largely based on following this one 'God.' Nietzsche himself believed that 'God is dead'. He believed that there was no creator of the universe, and that time was just a continuous thing with no beginning or end.

He truly HATED religion and in his theory of the ubermensch and untermensch he deemed those that followed religion as the weaker race. Basically in this theory he outlined that there was a race made of higher beings and that these 'supermen' would evolve and rule over the weaker race. Many of these 'supermen' were influential cultural figures such as Napoleon and Wagnar, people who changed history, or were unique and different.

Another substantial theory was Nietzsche's theory on what drove man, or the 'will to power'. He believed that things like ambition, achievement, the drive to reach top goals in life were all examples of the will to power. There are many different theories on what drives man, for instance Freuds theory on the will to pleasure, or another, the will to live. Each have very different outlines on what drives man, but with Nietzsche, he believes that the determination to be great is what pushes man.

I guess a lot of this can be seen in journalism. Newspapers, news channels even magazines strive to be the ubermensch or claim to be so. The drive to be the best source for news pushes people to go to extreme measures to get the best story. But I guess it can be seen in all measures of society. Everyone wants to be the best they can, but it doesn't mean we are weaker or stronger than anyone else. Just different.