that ever existed." So, before stripping people of their choice and equality, their God had to be taken first, then the government. "Consequently, the road to the superman must lie through aristocracy. Democracy -- this manner for counting noses -- must be eradicated before it is too late. The first step here is the destruction of Christianity so far as all higher men are concerned." Nietzsche’s life was hindered by his ailments and his obsession with his father and brother’s death. His ideal society was, inadvertently based upon this. I have no doubt, that if Nietzsche lived in his ideal society, he would have no honor, as he misses every requirement, being a sickly man who was rejected from the army, and lacking the strength to compete with his own "superman." After his death in 1900, his sister, Elizabeth, shamelessly used his work, often times misrepresented, to promote her own self interests and even provide Adolph Hitler with war propaganda. Still, Nietzsche provided an influence on Western culture that still exists today. We now know that much of Nietzsche’s work was misconstrued and that he wanted not to be a “holy man” but a respected man....
