who is someone you think changed the world the most?

I think the world would not be what it is today without the efforts of countless billions, some of which might have had greater impact than others, but not so significantly that without a great many others, they wouldn't have made any difference at all. People like Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, etc., would not have had that power without followers. I'm sure there have been equally insane assholes at several points in history that didn't have the same charisma, or did their thing at the wrong point in time, and no one fallowed them.
I also think it's easier to make an impact in a negative way than a positive way. And if you try to affect the world in a positive way these days, someone tries to kill you. JFK, Gandhi, MLK, people even tried to shot Bob Marley, then God just decided cancer was better than a bullet.

I would also like to say to the black community: that's a fucking cop-out. seriously, I realize that there is still not necessarily equal education opportunities in certain areas that are mostly populated by blacks and Latinos, and all that jazz, but it shouldn't have taken a black man in the highest elected office in the country to fucking motivate you. Shit, he didn't have that example when he was a kid; granted, he didn't come from such harsh roots as such others, but all the same, nothing changes just because you want it to. There is no good excuse for an entire race of people to be lazy. What, Martin Luther King wasn't good enough for you? People both of your race and others genuinely making an effort to change the way things were in this country so that your generation wouldn't have to suffer the same thing the ones before you did didn't matter to you until you had a black guy as LEADER OF THE FUCKING FREE WORLD? If you can't get motivated before that, then you are lazy and useless, regardless of race.

im glad you pointed that out dante. it didnt take a black man to be the leader of the free world to motivate me to do what i wanted, or to get an excellent education. the black community however should consider what you said, MLK should have been good enough. i as a black man do not need the inspiration of barack obama to conitune with my studies. i want to join a rock band, and i mean the kind that white people normally listen to. of course some black people or in the hood would think im a sell out, but just because you try to act intelligent, or preference a certain music, does not mean yor acting white. it measn your being smart, or yourself. ideals and customs should not (and do not) have colors. if you are black, and want to be an accountant, or something high brow like president, you should not be considered white. to me people like wayne brady and bryan gumbel are acting intelligent or like themselves, not white.