The Misunderstood Genius Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented philosophers in history. His ideas have been twisted, weaponized, and stripped of context to serve agendas he would have despised. The Nazis claimed him as their prophet despite his explicit contempt for German nationalism and anti-Semitism. Nihilists invoke his name while embodying precisely the passive weakness he fought against. Self-help gurus reduce his philosophy to motivational slogans while missing the radical transformation he demanded. To understand Nietzsche, you must strip away these distortions and confront what he actually said, what he actually meant, and why his ideas...