How does the stock market go up? In a straight line? No, it moves up and down, but mostly up. That's why index funds are better, no? How do we move forward? Do

How does the stock market go up? In a straight line? No, it moves up and down, but mostly up. That's why index funds are better, no? How do we move forward? Do we go straight ahead? Well, dictatorship is always moving straight ahead, because they can easily define what is progressive and what is regressive, by looking at the dictator. If progressiveness and regressiveness is so easy to define, what do we even need democracy for? Let's just find the most progressive person and appoint him our president/prime minister/chariman/king/chieftain, and let him lead us forward.