It bothers me to no end whenever I hear any leader describe the world in black and white terms like Aaronson does in this post: >"I will seek to use this aweso

It bothers me to no end whenever I hear any leader describe the world in black and white terms like Aaronson does in this post: >"I will seek to use this awesome responsibility to steer the ACM along the path of good rather than evil." Even if this is partially in jest, it betrays the worst of "you are either with us or against us" kind of a mindset. A leader who thinks that they are on the side of good while the opposition is on the side of evil is incapable of reaching reasonable compromises. Such leaders are morally immature and fail at basic empathy needed to steer an organization that encompasses many people with diverse viewpoints and agendas. These leaders are prone to totalitarianism, trying to making everyone in their organization fall in line on the "side of good".