I hit 50 today.
That’s 50 people I have met in the last seven days who have told me that they plan to “sit tight” through the recession. And they call themselves leaders!
Their assumption is:
- it will get back to where it was
- it’s just a question of waiting
- that they have no role to play
- that all will be ok in the end.
I fear for the UK. All 50 have been in Britain.
2 responses so far ↓
1 1cheerfulman // Jun 5, 2009 at 11:30
Human beings are goal seeking creatures. We are social creatures too. Leadership is essential for setting and achieving goals for society. When leadership fails to set pro-human, social goals we are in trouble. Nature abhors a vacuum. Global depression, unemployment and debt led to scapegoating, racism, narrow nationalism and war last time. The exit poll results from yesterday show how easy it is for leadership to fail and for fear to take over.
Lesson from history…Hitler was elected!!!…He was elected because of a failure of leadership. We get the leaders we want and the leaders we deserve. Whenever we have abdicated our responsibilities for society our leaders have abdicated too. The Geert Wilders faction in the Netherlands show what can so easily happen. It could happen here too.
Apathy is the key to misery!
2 Vicki // Mar 10, 2010 at 03:30
This is the reason I read juliamiddleton.net. Gresat posts.
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