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Sage Advice for Limping Leaders and Fed Up Followers

Insight #367

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Here’s a lesson for any limping leader, a lesson from a Mister Vladimir Lenin. Yes, that guy, the one who led the Russian Revolution of 1917.

Oh, come on, people! I know he was a Marxist and a communist and a mass murderer, but a powerful lesson is a worthy lesson, irrespective of the source. Don’t discriminate in your learning. That’s taking political correctness too far.

Here’s the lesson. At the start of the Big Revolution that was supposed to propel him into absolute power, Mister Lenin realized his Communist Party would not win. The people had lost confidence in him and the party. So what did Mister Lenin suggest? In his own words, sort of: “It will be necessary to get a new people.”

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Guess what? Politicians in the USA profess to hate all things communist, even socialist, but they have learned from Mr. Big. They are now searching for new people by redrawing voting maps. But they don't use the giveaway term 'voting maps'. They cleverly call it redistricting.

And our capitalist business leaders? Well, they have been doing this for ages, getting themselves new people by firing the old ones who don’t suit them any more. But these self-appointed leaders are now going too far, I think. Today, they are not bothering to find new people where artificial ones can serve them so much more loyally.

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Maybe we not-new people need a twist on Mister Lenin's advice: It will be necessary to get new leaders.

Welcome to my side of the nonsense divide.

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Quote of the Moment:

“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under socialism, the reverse is true.” Polish proverb.

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