The people who do the thinking and the people who get published are two different groups. Those who do things and those who take credit are two different groups.
I HATE to say this, because it sounds like something some Cynical Tough Guy would say, and there is nothing dumber than a Cynical Real Man type.
This is a big world, and getting published is a business and thinking is a full time job. They are separate professions, like writing and being a writer’s agent.
When a writer publishes a book, other people get most of the profits. This does not take a Cynical Real Man to figure out, it is a simple matter of economics in a large society.
I am after power and I always have been. That means that I formulate my ideas and I let other people publish them and get credit for them. You can have power or fame or money, but not all three. I chose power.
The president has very little power. He carries out policies that were determined long before he ran for office. Lincoln could have been Seward. Roosevelt could have been shot in 1932 and things would have changed little.
I want something done and I find a way to get that idea out in public. I find an agent, which means I put the idea in such a way that somebody can make use of it. When the time comes, they do. That is power.
When you send me an article that “says something like what I said,” you are sending me a long-winded tenth repeat of something I planted twenty years ago. It is not an inspiring thing for me to read.
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