The problem with Populism.

I hate the idea that the regular joe is most suitable for being the president. If everyone could be president than we would institute a system where everyone was president at least once. I'll confess that sometimes intellectuals are often very lost in thought. But i refuse to believe Joe Plumber or anyone like him could be president because Joe plumber is not a leader of men. Nothing about him shows that he can lead men except that he is someone how more like them because he works like them. Just because he knows how to work like the average man does not mean he can think beyond the immediate needs of the average man. i trust obama because he is more than average. He can think beyond the immediate needs. Populism is merely whining childishness that wishes only to have what it wants and thinks not about the future. Populism is the wish to satisfy immediate desires in spite one's future. It is the fear of tomorrow. The wish to keep what is ours. Instead of thinking no longer of materiality. Populism preys on this fear.

This is not however an intellectual attack on the people. The people are not stupid. They are mostly selfish. What we need most is a selfless leader. That does not align themselves with the middle class as my democratic friends wish. Nor align them with the rich. An individual whose value system is independent of class. Of place.

Rather an ambitious man who will rush forward and attempt to guide us through the abyss. The simple life is not so simple. It is hard work.

My desire is not to say that intellectuals are right by default. No. in no way is that true. But Populism that encourages Fear of Tomorrow Is by Default Wrong because dampens creativity. It stops us as human beings. What we have always done is push the boundaries of life through our imagination. And if we encourage ourselves to be afraid. Instead of braving the dangers and pitfalls ahead of us. We doom ourselves to Meaninglessness. Meaning is the pursuit. The hunt. The chase. And when we stop chasing. We become hopeless cynics. Nihilists. I am not saying do not fear. Everything will be alright. Fear is natural. Fear is how the animal within itself keeps us alive. it is instinctual. It is part of us. But Fear alone would keep us animals. Bravery however is truly human. it is to accept fear. To live above it. Never forgetting it. But overtaking it. Through courage. Intellectualism is only good the extent that it is not just the databyasing of knowledge and the containment of it. But the ability to access it. The ability to use it. To help us devise solutions for future problems.