Intellectual

Victor Hugo, 200 years ago, wrote Les Misérables to record the lives of the people in his day, showing his sympathy to the suffered and asking questions on the nature of law and justice. Because of his humanistic concerns to the problems, and his good hope to the world, he was also known as the first intellectual of mankind, that he used his knowledge to help the inferior people.

In present days, we can't need more intellectuals to reveal the problems that our city has. They do not have to dream about a utopia that God will save all of us in the end. However, at least, they have to uncover the stones that are full of germs underneath. And they have to guide our people to where we can be more hopeful and optimistic, showing us what good and virtue has to be.

We have a lot of writers to make their entries to the Facebook. Some of them are really famous to gather a lot of "Like" in a short period of time. But if we look closer, we should discover that their entries are but the ideas of the general public: full of mediocre complaints and lack of inspirational comments. Still, Facebook users like it. (An analogy comes to my mind: people like to have McDonald's rather than the local food restaurants but because McDonald's is better, but because they serve ordinary food.)

I used to post in Facebook for some thoughtful comments on current issues, but in return a lot more people would be interested in what I cook, despite that they never try them. Then I know: Facebook is also a collection of average peoples who deserve average attractions. Those people who are obsessed in getting Likes, let them become the average as well. They don't have to be intellectual like Hugo.