All human progress depends upon the authority of the competent (and those who far exceed the competent). There are surely many different systems that could achieve that end, but none of them are egalitarian, and all of them involve minimizing the authority of the incompetent.
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Human progress depends on human cooperation.
https://freemansperspective.com/i-like-jordan-peterson-but-hes-wrong/
Thanks for the article; it contains much truth. I read Sir Arthur Keith years ago, and his great contribution was to show that human evolution is not so much evolution of individuals, but of human groups (tribes, nations, races), which necessarily implies cooperation. I don't see this as contradicting what I said about competence, though. We cannot be led -- in any field -- by average Walmart shoppers, nor will we be. Any pretense that we are (such as "democacy") is just a cover for evil and knavery behind the scenes.
We all should be leading ourselves.
We should all have the option to lead ourselves***
Not everyone will or should. It would be bad for many individuals and for societal progress on the whole.
Well, your values are apparently very different from mine.
If someone is not leading their own life, a tragedy has occurred.
I guess so 🤷♂️ I bet in a way that's less distinct than it seems. Still fun to think about though.
I just believe having freewill necessarily means you also have the optionality to delegate whatever responsibility you want to another consenting human - a.k.a a "leader".
Paradoxically, asserting that doing so means that the follower no longer has freewill is, in fact, a denial of their freewill.
I can follow if I want. I can lead if I want.