How do you explain such poor political leadership at the national level in the United States over so many years?
We can try to place blame on several factors, but the one fact we can not dodge, is that we get the leaders we elect, at least most of the time. If the American electorate demanded more from its leaders, then perhaps we would have better leaders, but we are not careful buyers of our representative's services. When things are good we let things slide. This November, the American people may not be so willing to give a pass to their elected representatives as life for many Americans has seen new struggles injected into their quest for survival. Will we elect entertainers or individuals that are more statesman like and knowledgeable?
While we have no kings and queens in our political system, the concept of divine right to rule dies hard among the human condition. Once elected, they might very well have been placed in their position by divine right. Congress is several steps removed from the benefits enjoyed by the vast majority of the people. A separate health plan, as well as a separate retirement plan, plus many perks, can give one the feeling that while they were elected by the people, they rule by divine right.
The conservative philosophy has a place in political discussions, but what has masqueraded as conservative political thought has been little more than an attempt to sideline necessary regulation and oversight. Permitting easy marks, such the old and less educated, to go unprotected in the market place by the conscious efforts to gut regulation, has produced many of the problems that now dot the financial landscape. Is it not nice to know that political conservatives today stand for shooting fish in the barrel, stealing the low hanging fruit and knocking over the elderly with scams of every description? The business of America is business.
While the Americans relearn survival skills, perhaps they can also learn to be more critical in their thinking when it comes to the political-economy.
Stay tuned.
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The former CEO of Time-Warner lamented that he should have been more cognizant of the human element(including compassion) in business (I believe he lost his son), but he ran the business like a good American businessman and was "successfull". Now he is questioning what "success" really means.
I have worked for a business owner and two high-level managers that I tried to emulate. They were intelligent,able to decipher complex ideas,interested in me personally, listend to my ideas, and made me feel like we were all on the team. On the other hand, I have worked for others that always had me wondering what synapses were not connecting. I've always thought if these three individuals were leaders of a large organization or the country, it would be successful because they were natural leaders. Many business leaders and politicians do not fit this mold. When your choice for a political office is 1-2 individuals, we have missed the great ones.
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