I am a tyrant.
I am a tyrant not in the old sense of the word- a racial minority occupying the country of another race- but in the new sense of it; I am an unaccountable overlord.
I know tyranny. Both kinds of it. I see the old kind in Obama, a black who “leads” a nation of whites. And I see the new kind in myself- an unaccountable dictator who rules over his subject’s bodies and minds with an iron fist.
I believe I know why the ancients despised “minority rule” tyranny. It cannot help but be oppressive and cruel. People have an instinctive revulsion to following the orders of someone unlike them, so the only way to coerce them into doing so is through violence and mass intimidation. Hence the Obama administration, and the Bush administration (which I consider to have been run by Israelis).
My kind of tyranny seems to be… good, which surprises me as a natural libertarian. I had always believed that a man’s ultimate yearning was to be free, but now I see that many peoples’ cries for freedom are really complaints. Most people don’t want to be free. It comforts them to know that there is someone smart and powerful above them. My control over my subjects actually buoys them, bringing them closer to my level and propelling them to greater heights and achievements.
My college self would stop me from saying this, and I hesitate to even type it now, but perhaps George Bernard Shaw was correct, and a benevolent dictatorship actually is the best form of government. It seems that an example of greatness and transcendence is needed to bring out the best in people. It gives them something to respect and boundaries to follow. In short, it gives them a direction, even without laws.
In a perfect world, no tyranny would be necessary. People would simply achieve greatness on their own terms, without needing domination by others. But we don’t live in such a world, do we? In that case, can we have my version of tyranny in the United States, instead of Obama’s? Ah, to dream…