What I Believe but Can Not Prove

One of my biggest unprovable beliefs is that individuals have an effect on the shape of history. This "Great Man" theory of history opposes the Marxist theory which says that societal change is dictated by social and economic conditions and that individuals have little freedom to make meaningful decisions

The cover to Thomas Hobbes book, Leviathan showing a ruler made of the bodies of the masses

 

This is a basically unprovable belief because our records  of the past are not of sufficient to undergo a full analysis as to which is a better method. More importantly, this is unproven because it isn't an especially useful question. Both theories at times, provide useful ways of looking at the past, and there really is no reason for them to be in conflict.