Socrates Vs Oedipus The King

I think that Oedipus was great leader and king compared to modern politician. Oedipus has proven to be a good leader. He had ruled the country for 15 years and solved many problem that people in the Thebes had. He cared about his people and their problems. Once Oedipus realized that his kingdom is facing a big problem, he quickly took action and started trying to fix the problems. Oedipus sent his brother in law, Creon to find out what causes the problem and sent Tiresias along for help. This is a one of the value of being a good leader; getting the things done as soon as possible and another quality is that he is open to his people. That shows when Creon and Tiresias came back and asked him if they can speak to him privately and he refused
and said that he has nothing to hide. He is not afraid to let his people know what is going on and he believed that they have the right to know since the problem was distressing them. Oedipus treated his people as his children “Ah my poor children, what you come to seek Is known already—not unknown to me” (Sophocles 3). And I think that these are the qualities that makes a politician good, which makes people vote for him. I think that modern American citizens would love to have a politician like him because if he was going to solve all of their problems and be open to them then who wouldn’t like a politician like him. The thing about Oedipus that would appeal to modern American voters is that he is brave and honest and that he would do anything for his people to solve their problems. I don’t think that there is anything about him that would be rejected by modern American voters because I personally think that he was a great leader and if he were to run for the politician election in the modern America then I’m pretty sure he was going to win. I think that Oedipus would uses appeal to ethos, he will do everything to make people happy and listen to their problems and solve them so they can vote for him.