Lead by example would be even more simple and effective. First step would be to describe what the writer proposes to be changed. It might not be constructive in

Lead by example would be even more simple and effective. First step would be to describe what the writer proposes to be changed. It might not be constructive in the first place. > I'm not sure they managed to do it with pats on the back. You will always loose most intellectuals with that amount of paternalism and you are doomed to fail at some point. Not a good strategy at all. Singapore is a benevolent dictatorship and works to some degree, but it still requires participation. And force doesn't work, maybe for a short while, but it actually inhibits values getting entrenched. And it wouldn't work for any demographic, people would just laugh at you and in most cases it is actually deserved. > having turned symbols of excess into symbols of shame We did that since Abraham and probably long before.