Reply #7: idiots who want figureheads and heroes

[dusmcj]

although they screech "why don't you _do_ something" like the worst stereotypical shrew without capabilities of her own, they are in fact not interested in action, but rather in transactions of symbol, putative transference and recognition where the philosopher king returns and leads the people out of the threat of darkness and they revere him and allow themselves to believe they see his reflection in themselves. Being someone's reflection is always a problem, and while practicing feelings of reverence is one way to trigger the release of pleasure-oriented neurotransmitters, it unfortunately also enables fascism and religious extremism. I prefer to get my jollies in more concrete ways.