In fact, if you know what your True Wishes are, then you are probably going to be pretty good at convincing other people to follow you, since most people aren’t even close to that level of self-awareness, and since people’s True Wishes probably overlap a lot.
I don’t believe the Fascist Dictator route is ethically desirable. This is not to accuse you of encouraging me to become a fascist dictator, but to point out that mind-killed, group-thinking, affective-death-spiralling cults driven by the rhetoric and charisma of even one Truly Clever, Truly Inspired Leader are a sociological attractor we must proactively avoid. Otherwise, they happen on their own the instant some poor sod with more intelligence, charisma, and inspiration than wisdom starts preaching his ideas to the masses.
True, we ought to proactively avoid such cults. My suggestion was merely that, in the event that you figure out what your True Wishes are, persuading other people to follow them is an effective way to achieve them. It is hard to get something accomplished by yourself. Since your True Wishes involve not being a fascist dictator, you will have to find a balance between not telling anyone what you think and starting a death cult.
Perhaps I shouldn’t have said “convincing other people to follow you” but rather “convincing other people to work towards your True Wishes.”
I don’t believe the Fascist Dictator route is ethically desirable. This is not to accuse you of encouraging me to become a fascist dictator, but to point out that mind-killed, group-thinking, affective-death-spiralling cults driven by the rhetoric and charisma of even one Truly Clever, Truly Inspired Leader are a sociological attractor we must proactively avoid. Otherwise, they happen on their own the instant some poor sod with more intelligence, charisma, and inspiration than wisdom starts preaching his ideas to the masses.
True, we ought to proactively avoid such cults. My suggestion was merely that, in the event that you figure out what your True Wishes are, persuading other people to follow them is an effective way to achieve them. It is hard to get something accomplished by yourself. Since your True Wishes involve not being a fascist dictator, you will have to find a balance between not telling anyone what you think and starting a death cult.
Perhaps I shouldn’t have said “convincing other people to follow you” but rather “convincing other people to work towards your True Wishes.”