As monkeys see, I find that monkeys will do…

 

Strong personalities rule the world. What do I mean by “strong personalities”?  I mean “leader types” versus “follower types.”  Without follower types, leader types would be up the infamous creek without a paddle, and with no one to follow them. Leaders need willing followers to, for better or worse, get their positive/negative agendas passed. 

This phenomenon can be seen in all walks of life. From office politics to world stage politics, strong personalities set the tone for the rest of us. In every office I’ve ever worked in, and I’ve worked in many, I’ve seen it in action. If our office had a positive influential (strong personality) leader, things ran smoothly. If we had a negative influential (strong personality) leader, hardly anyone got along, and everyone pretty much hated their job. Just as the media can, I believe strong personalities can “make or break” any system, in that way.

Let’s look at the world stage now. Take the last five-ish (I’d call them hellish) years. What’s happened to the U.S. society with the strong negative influential leadership in Trump?  (When I say "negative," I believe I speak for the bulk of the world here, according to international polls.)  What’s happened is that we’ve devolved; taken those “two steps back” versus any single steps we’ve managed to take forward up until now. And why?  Because of a negative influential strong personality leader in one Donald J. Trump.  

Like the dysfunctional office, we are not happy campers.  Everyone is suspicious of everyone else.  No one wants to work together toward common goals. We all “want out” from the “opposing thumb” of the other.  But we can’t get out (of the world). It’s our permanent “office.”  

So where am I going with all this?  Well, I want to know what YOU think is the fix to our status quo:

First, do you think the status quo even needs fixing?  If yes, where do we find positive strong personalities to lead us out of the dysfunction?  

Do you see Biden, now, as the strong Yin to counter Trump's ongoing nasty Yang?  Or, has Biden no hope of undoing the influence of a heretofore strong negative personality leader?  

Has the cement now hardened and any “positive influence ship” has sailed, never to return back to port?  Where is our Roy Cohn Hundredth Monkey to save us?  If s/he exists, who is that influential positive leader?

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