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In reply to the discussion: This great president has never been recognized at its fair value [View all]nolabels
(13,133 posts)Then often times they don't lead us but try to get out in front of something so their part of the government can control it. In a simplistic view, we are all indoctrinated into a world where we are told a single person and or doctrine must show us the way. The people that know that is not how it works often get in the way of the movement and those who believe just gum things up further with nostalgic thinking and ritual. I think many visionaries like President Carter sometimes get stuck in places years ahead of their time (and sometimes even centuries). We elected the correct president but it was just the wrong decade
The idea of a figurehead is also honed into us because it must be kept a secret because in all actuality, the people as a whole, control their own destiny.