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ApexVeritas on scored.co
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History has repeatedly shown that good people are easy to conquer and control, en masse, if they don't have a strong leader to condense onto, to rally behind, to give voice to the people. There's a near endless stream of historical examples of nations being little more than dirt, a strong leader rises, the nation becomes uber powerful under that leader, the leader dies, and the nation goes back to obscurity.
I agree that a people must not be too reliant on strong leaders. However, given the preponderance of evidence for what strong leaders are capable of doing, people should set in stone, through traditions, behaviors, and philosophies, ways to better enable their populace to produce strong leaders, but more importantly, set in stone ways to better produce virtuous, wise, and strong men, in general.
Like you said, far too often people place too much burden on one man, or few men, which only fosters weakness among the rest of the populace, who hope that a singular strong leader, that a few good men, will do for them what they should be doing themselves, that only the strong few at the top will save them. It's an abdication of responsibility, which should never be taken too far, that others should do for us what we should be doing ourselves. It's expecting other people to save us, when we should save ourselves. It's hypocritical and self defeating. Placing too much burden on one man, or a few, also leaves them open to mistakes, gaps in their knowledge base, that is easily corrected by having numerous men of multiple disciplines partake in the effort.
Everyone fights, no one quits. Any man too weak to fight, who abdicates his responsibility as protector and provider, who advocates for pacifism in the face of abject evil, who won't act to save everyone and everything he loves, those are weak men, and they drag down everyone around them. The one caveat is old men incapable of fighting, and if society were healthy, would be prized more for their wisdom, which they should be passing onto the next generations. Strong leaders naturally arise out of a people who build strong men. Both are necessary to build and maintain a healthy nation.
Unfortunately, I see far too much abdication and clinging to comforts among the MAGA right. They're committing every mistake, placing too much hope onto one man, an extremely weak leader, a false savior, with proposed solutions and policies that either don't go far enough, or actively serve our enemies, attempting the same failed solutions over and over, they continually abdicate their responsibilities, they advocate for pacifism, they demonize collectivization, strength, wisdom, virtue, and violence, they use words, ideas, arguments, and philosophies of our enemies, and they cling to their comforts, living in an ever shrinking gilded cage, hoping that someone else will save them, so they don't have to get off their fat asses and do a damned thing.
I agree that a people must not be too reliant on strong leaders. However, given the preponderance of evidence for what strong leaders are capable of doing, people should set in stone, through traditions, behaviors, and philosophies, ways to better enable their populace to produce strong leaders, but more importantly, set in stone ways to better produce virtuous, wise, and strong men, in general.
Like you said, far too often people place too much burden on one man, or few men, which only fosters weakness among the rest of the populace, who hope that a singular strong leader, that a few good men, will do for them what they should be doing themselves, that only the strong few at the top will save them. It's an abdication of responsibility, which should never be taken too far, that others should do for us what we should be doing ourselves. It's expecting other people to save us, when we should save ourselves. It's hypocritical and self defeating. Placing too much burden on one man, or a few, also leaves them open to mistakes, gaps in their knowledge base, that is easily corrected by having numerous men of multiple disciplines partake in the effort.
Everyone fights, no one quits. Any man too weak to fight, who abdicates his responsibility as protector and provider, who advocates for pacifism in the face of abject evil, who won't act to save everyone and everything he loves, those are weak men, and they drag down everyone around them. The one caveat is old men incapable of fighting, and if society were healthy, would be prized more for their wisdom, which they should be passing onto the next generations. Strong leaders naturally arise out of a people who build strong men. Both are necessary to build and maintain a healthy nation.
Unfortunately, I see far too much abdication and clinging to comforts among the MAGA right. They're committing every mistake, placing too much hope onto one man, an extremely weak leader, a false savior, with proposed solutions and policies that either don't go far enough, or actively serve our enemies, attempting the same failed solutions over and over, they continually abdicate their responsibilities, they advocate for pacifism, they demonize collectivization, strength, wisdom, virtue, and violence, they use words, ideas, arguments, and philosophies of our enemies, and they cling to their comforts, living in an ever shrinking gilded cage, hoping that someone else will save them, so they don't have to get off their fat asses and do a damned thing.