I consider the poll results unsurprising. If anything, I can’t believe Napoleon doesn’t win by a greater margin. Too many people reflexively think of him as the ‘bad guy’. The real history is far more complicated. Napoleon was a leader of men, the leader of his nation, and the leader of his people. Those other three are not leaders in any sense of the word. They’re supervisors, collaborators, managers, executives, or whatever else you want to call the leaders who don’t lead in today’s world. Biden isn’t even that because of his obvious senility. If there were a true crisis and everything went to hell, I’d probably follow the average homeless person before I’d follow any of the three.
Napoleon, on the other hand, I might consider. He at least seems competent. He doesn’t equivocate. He doesn’t form committees to study the question. He doesn’t build consensus or any of that collectivist BS. He actually makes decisions, comes up with a plan, and executes it, delegating authority where appropriate and demanding loyalty and competence from his advisors and officers. People crave strong and resolute leadership. It’s probably instinctive. I saw one of the people interviewed after last Sunday’s assassination attempt say, without being prompted, that he would take a bullet for Trump. I’ll wager there were more in the crowd who would say the same. I doubt I could find anybody who’d take a bullet for Biden, Harris, or Macron except for the people who get paid to do it. People will recognize a strong leader when they see one. In a crisis situation, people will look for leaders. In difficult times, people look to unite behind someone who will bring change and direction. If history tells us anything, it’s that people will overlook a great many flaws for a leader who speaks to them and who projects strength and firm determination in the face of adversity. History also tells us when a true leader emerges, the managers, executives, supervisors, and various other pretenders don’t stand a chance. At the end of the day, the quote “a leader is a dealer in hope.” pretty much says it all. Napoleon understood that. The managers and bureaucrats pretending to be leaders in our current era clearly do not.
Steve Jolly
6 months ago
If it’s true that Biden has gotten to a point where he’s actually asking about other candidates, I have to believe he will drop out at some point. I’ve always been of the opinion that Biden wasn’t even that enthusiastic about running in 2020, but the party bosses and leaders and elites came to him and begged him to run as the best hope of defeating Trump. I happen to believe they were right. As sad as it is to say, the Democrats will have to get pretty far down the totem pole of fame and influence in the party before they find anyone who’s more likely to beat Trump than Bidien even in his present diminished state. Putting Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket would, if poll results are to be believed, put the Democrats about where they were before Biden’s awful debate performance. They’d have to get down to obscure governors before they could find someone both not from a deep blue state and with enough influence in the party to actually win. The anti-woke sentiment is real. The anti-California sentiment is also real.
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SubscribeRank in order of declining lack of appeal: Biden, Harris, Macron.
Tough one.
You forgot Napoleon.
I consider the poll results unsurprising. If anything, I can’t believe Napoleon doesn’t win by a greater margin. Too many people reflexively think of him as the ‘bad guy’. The real history is far more complicated. Napoleon was a leader of men, the leader of his nation, and the leader of his people. Those other three are not leaders in any sense of the word. They’re supervisors, collaborators, managers, executives, or whatever else you want to call the leaders who don’t lead in today’s world. Biden isn’t even that because of his obvious senility. If there were a true crisis and everything went to hell, I’d probably follow the average homeless person before I’d follow any of the three.
Napoleon, on the other hand, I might consider. He at least seems competent. He doesn’t equivocate. He doesn’t form committees to study the question. He doesn’t build consensus or any of that collectivist BS. He actually makes decisions, comes up with a plan, and executes it, delegating authority where appropriate and demanding loyalty and competence from his advisors and officers. People crave strong and resolute leadership. It’s probably instinctive. I saw one of the people interviewed after last Sunday’s assassination attempt say, without being prompted, that he would take a bullet for Trump. I’ll wager there were more in the crowd who would say the same. I doubt I could find anybody who’d take a bullet for Biden, Harris, or Macron except for the people who get paid to do it. People will recognize a strong leader when they see one. In a crisis situation, people will look for leaders. In difficult times, people look to unite behind someone who will bring change and direction. If history tells us anything, it’s that people will overlook a great many flaws for a leader who speaks to them and who projects strength and firm determination in the face of adversity. History also tells us when a true leader emerges, the managers, executives, supervisors, and various other pretenders don’t stand a chance. At the end of the day, the quote “a leader is a dealer in hope.” pretty much says it all. Napoleon understood that. The managers and bureaucrats pretending to be leaders in our current era clearly do not.
If it’s true that Biden has gotten to a point where he’s actually asking about other candidates, I have to believe he will drop out at some point. I’ve always been of the opinion that Biden wasn’t even that enthusiastic about running in 2020, but the party bosses and leaders and elites came to him and begged him to run as the best hope of defeating Trump. I happen to believe they were right. As sad as it is to say, the Democrats will have to get pretty far down the totem pole of fame and influence in the party before they find anyone who’s more likely to beat Trump than Bidien even in his present diminished state. Putting Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket would, if poll results are to be believed, put the Democrats about where they were before Biden’s awful debate performance. They’d have to get down to obscure governors before they could find someone both not from a deep blue state and with enough influence in the party to actually win. The anti-woke sentiment is real. The anti-California sentiment is also real.