SILLY B’LEADERS!
7/3/16. Obituaries of Nancy Reagan reveal how
she and the former U.S. President used to consult
an astrologer before making political decisions.
The myth of leadership runs deep,
It undermines each thought;
Like faith in God from a young age,
It’s something that we’re taught.
It’s there to put us in our place,
To make us feel quite small;
So all of us will then believe,
We matter not at all.
We’re told that it’s great leaders who,
Make our whole world go round;
And if it wasn’t for their deeds,
We’d flounder on the ground.
Adolf was guided by the runes,
And Churchill picked by fate; (1)
Whilst Blair’s one more Messiah who,
Arrived back far too late!
The problem with all statesman is,
They’re guilty of one sin;
And it’s the same as all of them,
Believe in their own spin.
With egos massaged by all those,
Who toady to their needs;
They really do become convinced,
The world turns on their deeds.
But when we look at the hard facts,
We find this is a myth; (2)
And leaders throughout history,
Have more than took the pith!
(1) Churchill was convinced that ‘fate’ had chosen him to be a ‘great man’.
He modestly described himself as a star shining amongst lesser lights.
(2) Wikipedia on ‘Leadership’, “Noam Chomsky and others have brought critical
thinking to the concept of leadership and have provided an analysis that asserts that
people abrogate their responsibility to think and will actions for themselves. While
the conventional view of leadership is rather satisfying to people who ‘want to be
told what to do’, these critics say that one should question why they are being subjected
to a will or intellect other than their own if the leader is not a subject-matter expert”.
© Richard Layton
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