LizzieMaine
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I respect your opinion, but I could not disagree more. Leadership, by it's very nature, starts at the top. When you cannot trust your leaders, people start to believe they are left to their own devices and take whatever measures they can to insulate themselves form harm. Our leaders have proven time and again they are corrupt and cannot be depended upon to do what is right, that they are for sale to the highest bidder. They are what has led us to the morass we currently inhabit.
Well, I submit that if this is the case, the people themselves are to blame -- we elect leaders who represent, whether we want to admit it or not, the values we ourselves hold. If we were a culture that *truly* valued honesty, altruism, honor, and the well-being of our fellow man above all else, we'd produce leaders who reflected those values, and we *wouldn't* be swayed and manipulated by the arguments of those who tried to undermine those values. On the other hand, if we're a culture that puts its highest value on ruthlessness, selfishness, and greed -- well, that's the type of leadership we're going to produce. A good tree cannot produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree cannot produce good fruit.