• HereticalDoughnut@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Because he’s the leader of the nation. An essential component of good leadership is the ability to inspire others.

    The fact remains that there is no other option which is shameful.

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      6 months ago

      A US president is the elected executive and commander-in-chief of a democracy. I get that simple people need to follow ‘leaders’ but I thank goodness the US was built on the idea that we devote ourselves to institutions and offices, not the people we choose to temporarily occupy them. Inspire yourself to participate in democracy, don’t depend on ‘leaders’ for anything.

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      6 months ago

      Hitler was inspiring. So that makes him a good leader right? Truth is I’d heard that he was largely lucky and highly incompetent overall.

      Quite frankly plenty of people Inspire others to commit atrocities. I don’t view that as a good leadership skill. Good leadership skills are the ones who get things done for people who need it done. Even if it’s not perfect or 100% adequate.

      The ability to inspire others isn’t necessarily A negative. But I wouldn’t hold that it is a vital or necessary quality of leadership either. More a weakness of people needing someone to lie to them and lead them along more often than not.