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The problem is that all leaders have an inherent conflict of interest between the following two goals: 1. Doing the job 2. Maintaining power The problem is
by lisper 6y ago
The problem is that all leaders have an inherent conflict of interest between the following two goals:
1. Doing the job
2. Maintaining power
The problem is, again, two-fold:
1. The things you need to do to serve the first goal are often different from the things you need to do to serve the second, and
2. You must achieve the second goal in order to even attempt to achieve the first.
That's the fundamental problem. It has nothing to do with Twitter per se. It's an inherent feature of all large-scale societal interactions.
- moustachesmith 6y agoA demonhunt ? 'Just answer me, nor glamorized regent, whose freedom we the folk, are going to fight for?' 'For the freedom of foreigners? ...is this going to be a castrated migrationthespian?' 'Cos meet the Jones isn't radical enough anymore?' (-;
- bun_at_work 6y agoThe stated conflict of interest is only really an issue in democracies, or other forms of representative governments. Otherwise, spot-on.
- lisper 6y agoWhy only in democracies? Dictators have to work to stay in power too. It doesn't just happen automatically.
- btkramer9 6y agoThis is a great point and this[1] video gets at the same thing with much more detail and examples [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs
- lisper 6y agoYes, that is a truly fantastic video. Should be required viewing for everyone. [UPDATE] There's a book too: https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Politics-ebook/dp/B005GPSLHI/ https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Po...