In Life: Uniting People
Human beings find it far easier to generate emotional energy by being against something rather then being for something. Populist leaders find it far easiest to manufacture a common enemy as a basis for uniting people towards achieving the desired goal (which is most often to gain position/power). Once the common enemy is defeated (or having served their purpose, conveniently forgotten) the bases for the new-found unity ceases to exist.
We must always be aware of what is to remain as a basis of leadership once the common enemy is no longer in play.
Posted by Paul Gernhardt on Sunday, November 02, 2008