Journal Week of Oct 14th 2016

Keenan Skelly.
On Leading.
I ponder about this question sometimes and it always seems to intrigue me. For this
essay I just want to talk about politics and positions that hold immense amounts of
power.
We trust a large amount of power in a very small pool of people relative to the
population. And some countries trust all of it to just one. To answer this question,
you have to ask two more.
Number one: What can a leader reasonably accomplish under normal circumstances
in their given position.
Number two: What responsibilities should a person in charge be given.
There is no real correct answer really. It varies from position to position, and from
person to person. But despite this there still is a prevailing code that ignores
language. We can say that in general, that a leader has a responsibility to protect
the needs and well being of the country they head. Furthermore, a leader has the
moral obligation to listen to any of his/her countrys citizens regardless of their
minority or majority status. And finally, the leader has to be the voice of the
collective will of his/her people. You know, seeing as they work for them and all.
We can wish that people actually acted within this code at all times, but we would
be kidding ourselves if we actually believed it. There is more than one active
dictatorship in the world, and many more one party states. The leaders of the
countries dont represent the people; they dont further the needs of the people.
Instead, they follow a party line agreed upon by a small number of individuals, or
they run the complete show.
In short, the expectation for me when it comes to the responsibility for those
leading in public office is simple.
I work for you, so work for me.