When a Jordan Peterson, psychology professor and clinician becomes King?

According to Plato, a philosopher king is a ruler who possesses both a love of wisdom, as well as intelligence, reliability, and a willingness to live a simple life. Such are the rulers of his utopian city Kallipolis. For such a community to ever come into being, "philosophers [must] become kings…or those now called kings [must]…genuinely and adequately philosophize" (Plato The Republic, 5.473d).

Are we as a society at that point?

Is Jordan Peterson a polymath?

Does it take more than a social media presence to become a strong voice of rational thought?

Have we so lost the classical education of everyman to no longer study rhetoric or stoic philosophy?

Have we drifted so far into the realm of every man has something important to say in Canadian society, or world society even, that it takes a few voices of reason in the wilderness to speak above the din! We elect drama teachers to run a Country. People who know so much more about mass appeal and garnering votes, rather than having any demonstrable skill at statesmanship or economic development have become our leaders. Damn the realities of mass human behaviors! Praise be to the three letter acronym! Welcome the degenerative "lol"! We have become a nation of the immediate gratification! Few look forward to a sustainable future. We are ruled by our fears, not by reason and reality. Who will promise the biggest "bang" (yes in a sexual pleasure sence) for our buck? Who strikes the cutest pose, regardless of earned merit?

JUST SANE ™