"...to Earth like Moses down from Mount Sinai, prophet and leader." (32, p. 301)
- but that will not happen.
Larry Niven's Piersson's Puppeteers have two political parties, Conservatives and Experimentalists. Conservatives win elections except during crises. Anderson's Tahirians have "conservatives" and "adventurers" in a consensus society. When adventurers accompany human beings on dangerous missions to a neutron star and a black hole, conservatives impose observers. This is not opposed.
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Kaor, Paul!
Alvin Brent's hopes and ambitions, even if he had returned to Earth after more than 10,000 years, were sheerly hopeless and unrealistic. Captain Nansen was a far more Moses like figure, even tho he never claimed such a role.
Reached Chapter 21 of STARFARERS and Chapter 10 of 1 Corinthians.
Ad astra! Sean
Note, however, that political leaders do share one characteristic: a belief that great political power is theirs by right.
Kaor, Paul!
I usually just think of it as politicians craving to have power. I'm sure many of us have wondered what we might do if we could be Absolute Dictator of the US or the UK! Heck, think big, Absolute Tyrant of the Solar System! (Laughs)
Ad astra! Sean
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