But... he's going to say no. That no is powerful, because its a no.

Joke aside. I love the ideas of voluntarism, to me they are the utopian future that we will either achieve and along with that triumph our species survival (long term of course) or we will fail to achieve and watch the new roman empire now represented by the world's collective be reduced to nothing.

Of course this won't happen today, it might not even happen in my lifetime. But, what's important to me, and possibly the most important thing. Is that leaders that hold the ideals have to have cognitive consistency.

In other words, the message because it's important, must be clear and unbending. I equate this to how scientific discoveries are made, specially when it comes to astro physics.

Many don't know but many of the equations that are absolutely necessary today for things like cellphones to exist, were written about, were developed at a time when the scientist did not know if they would ever be useful, if they would ever be used.

So to me there is a parallel line to be drawn here. Of course these are not equations, but they are attempts to change the minds of populations, they are proposition to shift consensus. If all of the sudden my positions are softened, or more accurately modified, compromised to "play the game" to me that means either:

• You never believed them possible.
• Your self interest is above your principles.

Both of them not being something I would want in a leader per say. So I'm with you. Adam could be the nicest of guys, he very well could be, I have not way of knowing otherwise. But, I suspect his recent monetary support, might have made him acquire a life with too much comfort, enough for him to forget the real reasons why he started his journey.