File spoon-archives/nietzsche.archive/nietzsche_1998/nietzsche.9807, message 51


Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 11:53:21 -0700
From: YourName <arthur00-AT-pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Poisonous Spiders


>In todays society are not those who have the most money and are able to
>acquire the most money (i.e someone like Bill Gates) the most fit in our
>society and therefore best fit to rule.

In other societies, it may not be money that enales someone to rule, but their
ability to control military power.  In others, it the ability to control
popular opinion.  Or it's some combination of all of three.  In other words,
there are all kinds of power.  Then there are those who have little political
power or fame during their lifetime, but exert a lot of influence over
posterity.  It is possible that Nietzsche is more well read today than he was
during his lifetime.  I think it is this cultural power that N is advocating.  

With respect to who is fit to rule, are you saying that acquiring money is
equal to fitness to rule?  What about other acquisitions?  What about
acquiring military power, nuclear weapons, etc.  Does this type of acquisition
make for a "fit" ruler?




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