They say that only the strong survive. However, the truly strong do not boast about survival for they know that there is more to life than mere survival. The people who come up with fancy sayings and wise saws are nothing more than observers sitting on the sidelines. They know nothing of what it takes to be truly strong because coming up with catchphrases does not require strength. Real strength requires wit. One must be able to outsmart their opponent; those who are able to do this endure, while those who fail to do this end up in prison or dead. In order to outsmart others, one must be confident in themselves. One must never succumb to the pressure of the bickering populous. You go your own way; you make your own choices. This is strength: the will to abandon the crowd and go your own way. Not being liked takes guts. Most politicians have no guts. They are slaves to their followers, their polls, their internet studies; they will never upset their fans. Modern politics is nothing more than spinelessness fashion contest. Both Democrats and Republicans are terrified of their voters. These are weak leaders; they have no strength. The people rule these leaders because they are cowards. They hide their emotions from others; they fear that the fourth wall will be broken, that their performance will not receive an award for best preening. This fashion contest, this bullshit act performed for likes and adulation has no clear end in sight. Politicians of the day are people pleasers, which is why they are so painfully inefficient. The people do not want leaders to please them; they vote for leaders who will actually get things done. Fans can be bullies too and standing up to bullies is the ultimate form of strength. What is a following if it is not a violent mob of unruly individuals hoping to persuade you that they know best? What is a following but a church? What is a following but a violent mob? What is a following but a group of raging fundamentalists? What is a following but a hindrance, a blemish, an irrational hoard of group thinkers? Politicians today brag about being controlled by this unruly mob, this violent, insatiable group of primal beings motivated by nothing more than the will to win, the desire to be the best at something, anything. But winning does not require strength. Winning gets a person rewards and great fame. It is easy to win because all you have to do is please the mob. Tell them what they want to hear and they will elevate you to god like status so that you can be as lazy as you like. Losing requires strength. It requires strength when you lose your loved ones, your friends, your family. When those closest to you leave, when they mock you, when they spread lies about you, you must be strong. You must be strong to remain yourself. But are these politicians their true selves? No, they are performance artists who lack the strength to admit that they are performing. They live in a comfortable false reality. Does comfort require strength? No, not in the slightest. Comfort is for the lazy, for the weak, for the mob. The mob desires comfort and so do the leaders of the mob. That is why they adore each other so for they are all weak-minded and cowardly. These leaders lack the strength to admit to their mistakes. They lack the strength to feel their own emotions. They lack the strength to dress how they want to dress. They lack the strength to say what they want to say. Instead they give surveys so that you can dress them, so that you can tell them what to say, so that you can live their lives for them. They are empty vessels, hollow in every way. Their fans see themselves in these leaders and because their fans are vain this satisfies them, temporarily anyway. These so called leaders fail to see the danger in this. They fail to realize that all it takes is another weak leader who is willing to give the people even more to usurp their so called power. And so these leaders really have no strength at all.