With all of this talk on leadership and what not, I began to wonder whether if it were possible for the world to function without any leaders.
Okay so first of all, why do we even need leaders? Do we need them because we need somebody in charge, to lead the way, to make matters flow smoothly? or is it because we're all secretly insecure and we want somebody who will take the blame when matters go wrong?haha
Isn't it weird when you think about it...I mean when there's a group of people working towards something and they succeed, they talk about teamwork and such but when they fail, a huge amount of the blame is put on the one leader. i mean look at Obama. He carries all of America's failure. When there's a protest somewhere in the states, it is Obama's face that is put on the front cover.
it is as if the leader uses the members while the members use the leader as well. it is actually difficult to determine who really has the authority in this situation.
now, lets imagine a society without any leaders, something close to collectivism maybe. everybody has a voice, an equal amount of power...to me that all sounds absolutely chaotic. but in my theory, we live in a country that is close to that perhaps. of course, japan does have leaders but leaders here are considered to be more apart of the group instead of someone who's leading it. now what is all of that leading up to? ....excessively long meetings, indecisive workers and leaders who only have a name...
I still don't know what leadership is...I mean, we need it but still at the same time, the definition, the stereotype and the symbolic meanings of a leader are way too strong for it to function the ideal way. buttt, then again that just might be one of the down parts of being a leader...
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