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Jim__

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5. A strong charismatic leader promising to eliminate problems.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 12:28 PM
Jul 2024

It's easy to resist the appeals of a would-be strongman when things are going well. When the situation seems near hopeless, a strong leader, promising easy solutions, can be extremely hard to resist. Given the right conditions, a strongman will find his followers. Can we avoid situations where where these conditions arise? I hope so.

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