Pablo Escobar and El Chapo were very popular among their constituents. Hitler, Stalin and Fidel too. And Trump, Putin and Uncle Xi still are. Politics as a charisma contest results in perversion. Elections aren't the only expression of democracy, let a lone rigged ones. Listening to people is necessary but not enough. Elites may align with charismatic figures as a trick to gain efficiency over power issues. That's also a huge problem.
yes, but there is more than charisma contest in this issue. It is also deciding for whom you govern, and to whom you talk when governing, or when doing politics. In very general terms, I think that plenty of the political movement that have my conceptual sympathy, have serious problems in their intention to reach their public. Or in simply being too narrow minded about who can their public be. My greens are not going to succeed pushing a green agenda until we start seriously talking to the people that have little money, or lots of money. Ours is a medium class movement, but change can only happen if we expand our targets. That is also part of the issue.
Pablo Escobar and El Chapo were very popular among their constituents. Hitler, Stalin and Fidel too. And Trump, Putin and Uncle Xi still are. Politics as a charisma contest results in perversion. Elections aren't the only expression of democracy, let a lone rigged ones. Listening to people is necessary but not enough. Elites may align with charismatic figures as a trick to gain efficiency over power issues. That's also a huge problem.
yes, but there is more than charisma contest in this issue. It is also deciding for whom you govern, and to whom you talk when governing, or when doing politics. In very general terms, I think that plenty of the political movement that have my conceptual sympathy, have serious problems in their intention to reach their public. Or in simply being too narrow minded about who can their public be. My greens are not going to succeed pushing a green agenda until we start seriously talking to the people that have little money, or lots of money. Ours is a medium class movement, but change can only happen if we expand our targets. That is also part of the issue.