Chicago's Philosopher King

Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh.....there isn't one. After having written the final and after having thought about the concept a lot, I've come to the conclusion that there never has been, and never will be a philosopher king in America. This is because America is a democracy, and the philosopher king rules contradictory to the idea of a democracy. The democracy is about what the people want, a philosopher king is about what he wants and what his ideal state looks like. Because he's a gd philosopher. That's not to say that some mayors haven't been more like a philosopher king than others, but none of them are actually philosopher kings, because if they were, they'd probably be impeached. That's not to say that our lack of a philosopher king is a bad thing, either. The closest that civilization has ever come to a philosophical regime is a fascist regime. And, well, I think we all know how warmly received fascism has been.