What it looks like when leaders lead
Politics and moral courage don’t mix well. They both allow for compromise, but in many instances, their goals are in complete opposition. I won’t argue against representative democracy, but one unfortunate consequence of it is that it does generally require elected officials to be liked by the people who employ them. It too often gives us leaders who do what they must in order to win elections. What ends up happening isn’t merely that they lose their direction.
It is easy to forget this whenever our side gets the result that we want. When the figure who so often disappoints us is pushed, at last, to stand up for the values that they treasure, they can be quickly lionized. We should beware such dizzying moments, as they are like those moments when we put on a new pair of glasses. Our perception is momentarily thrown off, and we forget what valor in the political arena really looks like.
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