A POINTLESS RAMBLE ABOUT THE TWO KINDS

Everyone will tell you about the kinds of people in the world. On most assertions there are two kinds; the optimist or the pessimist; the haves and the have not; the believers and heathens; the left and right wing; those who let fear shackle them to the monotony of their circumstance and those who in the most hideous face of fear would dare change their destiny.

Based on these arguments we can assume that no matter the variables of character there is a preferable side for all of humanity to be in. We should rather be optimists and not pessimists, intelligent and not ignorant and so on – a sort of ying and yang, if you may.

But these statements do not suggest a balance that requires the existence of both extremes. One side is preferable and can exist alone. A world of loving people can exist without the paradox of hate and contempt. Mathematically, on a probability calculation, this state can exist.

So the statement “there are two types of people” is not an absolute truth – unless you split the world into these two types of people; leaders and followers. None is more important than the other. None can exist without the other. As with light and darkness they are inseparable concepts. The one defines the other.

With this we have to look at the world and consider who is following and who is leading. The fact of the matter is the character or group, town, country, party, is on the most part defined and directed by the character of the leader and not necessarily the character of the sum of the parts.

Basically, the world is filled with acquiescent followers who, due to no fault of their own, are quite clueless as what direction they should take. These people are desperate for a leader. Their utility is defined by the ideals they can follow. This is not necessarily a weakness. It is the nature of social creatures.

But the true genius of nature is that a leader doesn’t need to lead everyone. A leader needs only lead the person who’s directly behind him in the rankings. He will be leader to number three, who’ll lead number four, et cetera.

So you can be both, or one or the other. You cannot be neither. Reluctant leaders and clueless followers abound the earth. Question is, which are you, really?

And it’s ok to be a follower as long as whatever you’re following is true to you. It’s not wrong to be either of the two.