Stephen wrote:
> But to say that the vast majority of people need to be told how to
> live is elitism. IMO The vast majority of people need food and an
> education and not to be oppressed.  

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding nemesis but I thought he meant that the 
majority of people are willing to follow someone posturing as a leader, 
and possibly looking for this person, even if they don't need that leader.

I've seen that attitude in plenty of contexts: people just looking for 
someone to follow, not necessarily interested in forming their own opinion.

It depends on context by the way; you can be a sort of leader on certain 
questions, and go for the easier "follower" attitude on other matters. 
Hence we can all be part of both the clueless majority and enlightened 
minority ;-)


-- 
Vincent

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