Nietzsche's Obsession With Genie

Nietzsche is a very elitist thinker and this is one of the reasons that I think he's extremely challenging and objectionable to many people. He genuinely believes that there are great individuals and it's their interests we should promote. It's not the elitism and the praise of the great individual that draws most people to Nietzsche. This is a kind of continual challenge to examine one's own attitudes and particularly feelings. The way he writes, often very provocative, rude, funny,. often trying to shame us into admitting certain things or trying to coax us or entice us.