People want meaning in their lives. They want to have something to believe in.
Even better, someone to look up to. Someone that will lead them.
In honor of your request (which I agree with), I'll leave it at that.
Even better, someone to look up to. Someone that will lead them.
In honor of your request (which I agree with), I'll leave it at that.
If I were living in the first century, I'd probably try directing them to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frogs_Who_Desired_a_King
As someone living in the twenty-first century, it'd be tempting to suggest they grow a pair and respond to their insignificance in a vast and uncaring universe by imposing their own meaning on their own lives, but it doesn't take much reflection to realise that, as natural followers are unlikely to read even Kierkegaard, the message would likely be much better received by sticking to tradition and its frogs.
Free speech is a cherished right, but like other great power, comes with great responsibility. It has been abused over several decades to brainwash a significant portion of the population that their desire for a king is normal and right.
I don't have a solution to this problem but it vexes me that any conversation about the topic today is impossible because "absolutists" refuse to acknowledge that any problem exists with their ideology.