I'm struck by the near-total failure of leadership across civil society, in a country that fetishizes the concept. Whole sections of leadership books at every bookstore. Named, endowed "leadership" institutes and curricula across higher ed. Awards and special recognition for "leaders." AND YET
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I have way more - way, way more - words, too. inappropriate words. I join you in your horror.
Well, here we are.
I will always recommend Lundy Bancroft's Why Does He Do That? Into the mind of angry and controlling men.
Understanding how abusers act and you better understand this administration's actions.
In an existential crisis, most US "leaders" have never really had to fight for what is right and take real risks. This is new territory.
I mean, aren't we all grateful and happy that this is what they spend their time on?
https://lhsstatesman.com/2023/04/dumbest-national-days-21946/
Now that it’s collapsed, the ones without an internal North Star won’t fight and have nothing to hide behind to mask their cowardice
The decades of lectures. Cult status. Books. Speeches. Platitudes.
Absolutely nothing when it really matters.
Bullying tries to approximate leadership. It's an unsustainable business model.
You can't blame the system, you can't blame leadership, it's always the most vulnerable people to blame, or "those lazy stupid kids".
#CrisisRevealsCharacter
#LeadershipTheater
#WhereAreTheAdults
Rather than leaders as people who recruit those that align with their missions, are capable of making hard decisions, and create environments for ppl to thrive while accomplishing goals
Ok then you aren't leaders. Y'all have no spine. Not a leader in sight.
Just spitballing here.
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We say we revere leaders, yet personally want to be lionized.
Instead, they're writing strongly-worded letters.
They should concede they only want to *deny* power to Rs, and otherwise maintain status quo. They need to change that, and IMO that requires different Dems.
This is a test for a lot of people, not just those in supposed “leadership” positions, but we need them to rise to the moment or get out of the way for those who will.
https://www.obama.org/about/administration/american-leadership/
That Americans are trained from birth to be credulous, sychophantic, neurotic? Followers of trends, followers of the crowd? Lazy, ignorant, with less memory capacity than a goldfish?
Medium, spicy, chunky, but we're buying salsa.
The first responders to the plane crash in DC have shown leadership & professionalism
Some of our reporters have shown leadership & professionalism
That's why childish people crave it and have no idea what to do when they get it. They think it means only 'Now no one tells me what to do!'
Talking about a thing and having opinions about it has substituted for actual competence in the thing for a long time now. US people think their Self is just kinda like a shop window to curate.
Fine if you’re not actually challenged. Not fine now.
Bob Dylan
The way it treats its own tells us there's something cancerous within its psyche. We are therefore wary of exposure to your culture.
We are a flawed nation. But we still gotta work toward the ideal, even when there are setbacks.
The old ones are dying .
The median American voter isn’t a street urchin from Les Mis. They’re a venal moron who cares more about cheap treats than democracy.
We need to stop babying them and make them feel the consequences of their actions.
The US is a White Supremacist Police State and always has been.
The institutions have already been brought under heel.
That's the problem. The dems have been middle-managers for political action committees since Reagan. Zero leadership, zero accountability.
My apologies to real rats who are actually lovely and intelligent creatures.
Feckin' brilliant 🎭
As a country at every turn our leadership and opposition, through incompetence or malicious greed, has chosen to wipe their ass w. our legacy & ruin as many people's lives as possible while doing it.
We didn’t take a single one.
You’re willfully ignoring the leaders who lay down like cowards in anticipation of the first sign of trouble that hasn’t actually instantiated yet!
Political consultant: before you fight back, what's your "why?"
And Australia's worst export.
The Murdock machine is the International Media Mafia looking to disrupt and dismantle democracies worldwide. And America’s media is complicit by just soft peddling their propaganda.
Ego Must
American bloat
American gloat
People ARE standing up.
Just not the ones who write leadership books.
What Elon and Trump are doing looks like it'll crash any kind of functional federal government if not the whole country before that.
But stuff like this will matter in rebuilding something.
I'm seeing many loud statements of things being wrong / not normal / illegal, but not "here's what you can" recommendations for individuals /orgs
I made this list of federal employee union accounts to make it easier for people to hear from y'all.
People can pin to get feed of all. Can follow any.
Let me know if I'm missing any.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mzmtoehujifw6wpzlz3hdpni/lists/3lgux2wsugx2e
https://www.civilservicestrong.org/
When I finally climbed a few rungs on the corp ladder after a decade of working for (not with) c-suite execs, I had to refuse a management job. They didn't understand why.
I said I liked my work and my life. I had autonomy.
Media? Rolling over.
Courts? Complicit.
Wall Street? Malignant.
They cannot get away with this!
Thank you to a few companies who actively support DEI and living wages, like Costco.
Good private schools from K-12. Then good universities. Graduating without debt. Help with down payments to buy a house. Help with car insurance. All of it. Housekeepers.
Not encumbered = time to develop your “leadership”.
I remember this years after she said it. I believe her.
I'm 51 and I've literally never seen a single leader in my life. Sure, some people have held positions, but leadership? None.
catch a predator
Looking for strong Dem leaders, please! 💙
(That is, of course, if we will be allowed another election, and not get Erdogan’ed!☠️)