Many people are dreaming to be popular. But, does popular always right? Popular can be right if we are talking about making a popular decision. Surely a popular decision would serve the populous and therefore, even if it were morally or ethically wrong, because it was in that sense popular, it is right.
Popular original meaning in Old French is 'of the people'. Is it possible that a popular choice or a popular decision could be wrong. Yes, but surely if it pleases most of the people and the people make the decision whether something is right and wrong, then it can't really be unpopular or wrong. What I'm saying is that since humans create a sense of right or wrong and they together make something popular or not, surely popular can be right all the time. Of course, something can be popularly wrong at the same time.
Is a popular person right all the time, no of course not. But other people make that person popular which means that they must be doing something right, so surely they could be counted on to make popular rather than unpopular decisions. As we have already concluded earlier, decisions that are made popularly and serve the people cannot be wrong because they serve the majority and in all societies the majorities rule. That's just the way it is.
Of course, sometimes people make mistakes, many Germans followed Hitler of course, but they apparently didn't know about his plans for the Jews with the Final Solution to the Jewish question. However, at the time, Hitler was very popular and to those who believe in him, he was right. Of course, as soon as you no longer believe in the popular opinion, then you hold yourself outside of societal norms. This can make you fringe, considered dangerous by the norms of society.
A popular person can lose their popularity by making wrong decisions, but they become wrong when a large majority of the people believe them to be wrong.
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