# Why Democracies are Stuck — The Big Man Problem (Part 2 of 2)
Date: 2025-02-02
Previous Part: https://disrael.github.io/blogs/raw/why-democracies-are-stuck-the-big-man-problem.part1.md

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They endorse Christianity though they are atheist. They want to live forever but also capitulate to someone who has frozen NIH grants.

They supposedly want reduced government but simultaneously need an enlarged government for physical property rights, intellectual property rights, debt bondage, strong currencies, bailouts, and a whole host of other constructs and infrastructure.

Nor do you have to be a billionaire to be hit by these contradictions. At the time of suggesting a royal title, Col. Nicola was leader of the “Invalid Corps,” a thousand man group proposed by Nicola that were unfit for combat but still able to perform other military duties.

In Antigone Sophocles has characters complaining of the evil to which money leads. However much of Trump’s support came from close to retired, older, financially stable Americans with no monetary incentive to rock the boat.

These older supporters are also very unlikely to be swayed by any propaganda they weren’t predisposed to believe. What’s in it for them to be part of a coalition keeping the specter of American dictatorship alive?

These older Americans also need the cat both alive and dead. They want the resources they have accrued over a lifetime, but also the America of their youth. They want a geriatric president who somehow also moves mountains.

They don’t want to pay taxes, but also to avail themselves of health care etc. that is heavily subsidized. And they [control the vote](https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2024/election-analysis-older-voters.html) and are willing to alternate between parties to achieve the stasis they desire:

> Middle-aged voters were especially influential in tilting the election to Trump. A commanding 56 percent of voters ages 50–64 cast ballots for Trump, with 43 percent voting for Harris, [exit polls show.](https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0 "CNN exit polls") The candidates were tied at 49 percent among voters 65 and older. The two age groups together comprise well over half of the national electorate, meaning they provided the critical difference for the returning president-elect.

In short the rulers of America, oligarchs and the old, like Creon see no reason to rule this country for someone other than themselves. They are short timers with no intention of allowing a progress they won’t live to see.

Democracy being stuck suits oligarchs and the old fine as they want the superposition state of **top down leadership that only listens to them.**