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10/ The Philoctetes scheme Odysseus needed Philoctetes’ legendary bow to win the war. His plan was to have young Neoptolemus deceive a wounded, abandoned man and steal it. The plan failed because Neoptolemus developed a conscience. Odysseus understood monsters, traps, disguises, and lies. Human emotions remained a recurring blind spot. Odysseus was not stupid. He was something much more recognizable: Brilliant under pressure, addicted to unnecessary risk, terrible at communication, unable to control his ego, and constantly forced to solve problems created by his previous clever idea. Basically, ancient Greece’s first overconfident founder.

yg3official's tweet photo. 10/ The Philoctetes scheme

Odysseus needed Philoctetes’ legendary bow to win the war.

His plan was to have young Neoptolemus deceive a wounded, abandoned man and steal it.

The plan failed because Neoptolemus developed a conscience.

Odysseus understood monsters, traps, disguises, and lies.

Human emotions remained a recurring blind spot.

Odysseus was not stupid.

He was something much more recognizable:

Brilliant under pressure, addicted to unnecessary risk, terrible at communication, unable to control his ego, and constantly forced to solve problems created by his previous clever idea.

Basically, ancient Greece’s first overconfident founder.

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Sean Y

@yg3official

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Odysseus wasn’t actually that smart. He was extremely good at escaping disasters. The problem is that a shocking number of those disasters were created by Odysseus. A thread on ancient Greece’s most overrated “genius”: 1/ The Oath of Helen Odysseus proposed that all of Helen’s suitors swear to defend whoever she chose as her husband. Smart political solution. Years later, Helen was taken to Troy, the oath was activated, and Odysseus was forced into a ten-year war. He invented his own draft notice.

yg3official's tweet photo. Odysseus wasn’t actually that smart.

He was extremely good at escaping disasters.

The problem is that a shocking number of those disasters were created by Odysseus.

A thread on ancient Greece’s most overrated “genius”:

1/ The Oath of Helen

Odysseus proposed that all of Helen’s suitors swear to defend whoever she chose as her husband.

Smart political solution.

Years later, Helen was taken to Troy, the oath was activated, and Odysseus was forced into a ten-year war.

He invented his own draft notice.

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Sean Y

@yg3official

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9/ No postwar plan Odysseus returned home and executed the suitors occupying his palace. The tactical operation was flawless. Unfortunately, the dead men had fathers, brothers, and relatives. They immediately formed an armed mob. Odysseus planned the massacre perfectly and forgot that families usually notice massacres. Athena had to stop the civil war.

yg3official's tweet photo. 9/ No postwar plan

Odysseus returned home and executed the suitors occupying his palace.

The tactical operation was flawless.

Unfortunately, the dead men had fathers, brothers, and relatives.

They immediately formed an armed mob.

Odysseus planned the massacre perfectly and forgot that families usually notice massacres.

Athena had to stop the civil war.

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Sean Y

@yg3official

2 days ago

@HouseDemocrats That is why democrats are literally giving tutorials how to make money easily: run a kids learing center, start a ghost wine company, or if that’s too much work, just copy Nancy Pelosi’s portfolio.

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