But, the point is, what person is a great missionary leader, or which person is a real fool or jerk, is pretty much arbitrary, usually depending on often pathetic politics. Great sages can be mistaken for fools, and also the reverse. In stultifying, conservative, or fascist societies, anyone who simply acts differently, unpredictably, becomes and outcast, a target and an example. Whether or not I am one or the other is forever up for debate, should anyone actually care to debate, and the real truth is that we don't get to be judged until we are long cold in the ground. But, for instance. I started a non-profit for very altruistic reasons, and all I got from people was, "Why are doing this?!" Just because, in some societies or ages, people will just jump at any change to show off how supposedly cynical they can be, thinking themselves clever, when they are in fact the fools.
Or the time some guy was arguing with me, and I gave a really well-reasoned, cogent response, to which he exclaimed, "ah, you don't even know what you're talking about!" When, in fact, I was very on the mark, knowing exactly what I meant, and very much connected to reality. I knew exactly what I was talking about. But, to some people, the more certain you are, the more they consider you the fool. And they elected extremely uncertain fools like Biden, and allow them to determine their lives - that they would pay 15% more for living than they did the year before, so certain are they of their expertise in distinguishing wise men from fools. It's a carp shoot, I tell ya. And I mean that most literally. It's a shame that many of the really wise men amongst us end up so frustrated by a life of being treated with such disrespect, well, they act out. Which is a big mistake because then they just fulfill the role of the fool.
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