Beyond Good and Evil

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4. That sort of binary thinking is dangerous, no matter who it is.

Anyone who declares that those who agree with them are "right" and any who don't are "corrupt" is someone you don't want in leadership, no matter how much one may be attracted to their message, no matter how "affirming" that message might be to some.

The "my way or the highway" mentality renders that leader ill-equipped to deal with the cooperative nature of a democracy, even if it does make for a very dynamic following.

It is the mindset of evangelists as well as narcissists - who often have convinced themselves that the sheer number of followers they have along with all the publicity they get, is validation of their messiah status. Sarah Palin is another example.

Their followers call any who question or criticize their leader "haters," which allows them to dismiss the very real questions concerning their leader as "the corrupt status quo trying to take him down" or "more proof that he's right, and that threatens the powers that be."

PEEOTUS is following an old trajectory, and we should be on the watch for it wherever it shows itself.

Thank you for this post, H20.