[MD] What's missing

[Khaled Alkotob]

[Arlo]
> Einstein had this to say. "A human being is a part of the whole 
> called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He 
> experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something 
> separated  from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his
consciousness. This 
> delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal 
> desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must 
> be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of 
> compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature 
> in  its beauty."
> 
> Falsely replacing the intellectual level with the "individual level" 
>  is just another S/O tactic for validating the delusional separation 
> we experience. Platt's adherence to the "Great Man" view of history 
> is another. This falsely heroic account paints the majority as dumb 
> buffoons, struggling thoughtlessly and blindly, until here and there 
> a Great Man (such as his use of "Aristotle") arises to carry all of 
> us on his back. Historical progress is made not by some Great Hero 
> leading the way for the poor wretched masses, but by the 
> understandings that arise out of thousand or millions of daily 
> interactions, carried out within (nay, "through") a social milieu.

The above description of the "great man" sounds like the Leo Strauss
school of thought. 
Rule without stewardship or compassion. So the question is where does the
revolutionary individual come from to counter such a dictatorship. Is he
the individual, or the collective desires of the oppressed masses.

Khaled