Democratic Primaries
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Great analogy and exactly this...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
defacto7
(13,485 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
genxlib
(5,544 posts)And I would add that you certainly don't take the bus going in the wrong direction out of spite.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
kentuck
(111,110 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)when people speak of electing a "leader".
I don't need a leader. I know exactly where I want to go. I believe in our democracy when I vote for someone, I am hiring an employee who's job it is to get me to that destination. That person may be leading the team he or she hires to do that job, but they do not lead me.
You may see it differently, but that's what fits for me.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Mouth
(3,165 posts)"Governed" and "Ruled"
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Trump followers are desperate to be ruled. It's like they have no will of their own, nor do they care to.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)as well, and their duty becomes to support what he decides is right for them all. Research has shown the shift of that responsibility is a huge mechanism in authoritarian syndromes.
Whether right or far left, when a candidate becomes The Only Possible Leader of an uber-ardent following, we need to take a long, cool look at just what his messages are.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
reACTIONary
(5,789 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
defacto7
(13,485 posts)them practice their devotion to dear leader. Thank you jesus.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Wounded Bear
(58,738 posts)been saying it for years, because that is what they do and how they operate.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)are what I look for in a chief executive.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
volstork
(5,403 posts)I do think there is the desire to elect a leader as in "one who knows how to lead" in exactly the way that you describe.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden