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Becky's avatar

My country needs to understand what you don't change you choose. There are no more safe ways to end this.

Anthony Patrizi's avatar

I think Frank Herbert said it best.

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”

The people who are drawn to lead seem to exhibit traits held in common with the narcissistic, the psychopathic, and/or the sociopathic. I think it's high time that people applying for public office need to pass some sort of litmus test to prove that they do not have these traits and have some modicum of empathy and emotional intelligence. It becomes even more damning that we as a species continue to accept leadership in this fashion when you consider something like Dunbar's number.

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