Reply #47: differentiation of ones ego self

[sweetheart]

In some ways, we want to feel separate from bush and his criminal hacks,
not related, and how is one to do that. In economic life, we're
trained to show that we "know" more than another candidate, are better
qualified and experienced, and all of this theoretically shows as
"being smarter". The appearance of the economic imperialist culture
is that meritocracy warrants you a better place or a more important
voice... Its an outgrowth of the "C"onservative ideal that you deserve
your economic station by your moral fortitude.

To me, liberalism comes from the heart, and no amount of education
can show one how to love... Education of the mind, helps to learn
combat and social fighting... and in this regard, learning to be
politically "smart" is percieved as the gauntlet one must run for
leadership in representative politics.... Then for people aspiring for
the democrats to be leaders, indeed we must be smart and celbrate
intelligence.

However, this is not moral superiority, and hopefully people know the
difference between leadership and membership... as in demos, there is
only demos, and no superior.