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That's precisely one of the tricks charlatans use. Western culture likes to foster leadership. Everyone in the west aspires to be that 0.01% ruling class, or t

That's precisely one of the tricks charlatans use. Western culture likes to foster leadership. Everyone in the west aspires to be that 0.01% ruling class, or to project it. Again, how much this is actual wisdom you can apply to your life, and how much this is your mind saying "I want to be a leader, this is for leaders, so this is for me!!!"? It doesn't need to be presented as wisdom per se. Like I said, by being old, and being eastern, and being philosophical, it suggests wisdom. It's like Häagen-Dazs. It sounds scandinavian, but it's not. It's never presented as "true scandinavian ice cream", but people fell for it for a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4agen-Dazs#Origin_of_brand_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4agen-Dazs#Origin_of_bra...

TimorousBestie 1y ago
> Western culture likes to foster leadership. Everyone in the west aspires to be that 0.01% ruling class, or to project it. Is this a problem you have? You couldn’t pay me enough to join the “ruling class.” The best seem to be misguided, idealistic fools; the worst are responsible for thousands or millions of deaths, depending on what one feels like counting.
- alganet 1y ago
  > Is this a problem you have? Maybe I do to a certain level. It is an awareness of the environment in which I grew up. > You couldn’t pay me enough to join the “ruling class.” Yeah, you seek to replace these unfit rulers. Sounds familiar?
  - TimorousBestie 1y ago
    > Yeah, you seek to replace these unfit rulers. Sounds familiar? Clever rhetoric, but false.
    - alganet 1y ago
      Why is it false? Please focus on the context. We're discussing an ideological text for supposed aspiring leaders (the text self-describes as it, which I highlighted). What compelled you to criticize the ruling class in this discussion? More specifically, what compelled you to talk about leadership in contrast to the more analytical objection that I raised (skepticism towards the intended interpretation of the text)?
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TimorousBestie 1y ago

> Western culture likes to foster leadership. Everyone in the west aspires to be that 0.01% ruling class, or to project it. Is this a problem you have? You couldn’t pay me enough to join the “ruling class.” The best seem to be misguided, idealistic fools; the worst are responsible for thousands or millions of deaths, depending on what one feels like counting.

alganet 1y ago
> Is this a problem you have? Maybe I do to a certain level. It is an awareness of the environment in which I grew up. > You couldn’t pay me enough to join the “ruling class.” Yeah, you seek to replace these unfit rulers. Sounds familiar?
- TimorousBestie 1y ago
  > Yeah, you seek to replace these unfit rulers. Sounds familiar? Clever rhetoric, but false.
  - alganet 1y ago
    Why is it false? Please focus on the context. We're discussing an ideological text for supposed aspiring leaders (the text self-describes as it, which I highlighted). What compelled you to criticize the ruling class in this discussion? More specifically, what compelled you to talk about leadership in contrast to the more analytical objection that I raised (skepticism towards the intended interpretation of the text)?

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