The Intellectual

Civilization was moved forward through its difficult paths by a minority who thought differently, who used their intellect. Many a time, a minority who were disliked during their times.

And not by the mob which just births and dies, or the kings or the politicians who built their fiefdoms using them.

When democracy becomes just a head count, when the voice of the minority is subdued, when the intellectual is no longer needed, then what is lost is not just democracy but civilization itself.

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