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Obama is Nietzschean

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Nietzsche believed in the power of words. He was an etymologist by training but a writer by calling. Nietzsche was both arrogant and profoundly humble, fearless in going wherever the search for truth and life led him, relentless in tapping with his metal hammer on the feet of idols to see if they were hollow. He admired RIchard Wagner's art but rejected and denounced him when it became clear that Wagner was a racist and a decadent sentimentalist, not the harbinger of a new and creative form of art. Nietzsche did not fit neatly into any category because he was both conservative and radical at the same time. He is one of the most misunderstood thinkers and artists of all time. Here's to those brave enough to call the Emperor on being naked.