The State of Fear: Leadership

Many of the problems in todays world can be traced to a lack of leadership. I believe that a very large majority are caused or eviscerated by the scarcity of leadership in the world.

It starts in the home. Courtesy of the feminist movement in the 60's and 70's, many men have lost the ability to effectively lead. As the genders became muddled, women tried to emulate men, so men began to emulate women. When this happened, the family became a mess, with no solid authoritarian structure. This led to a new generation in the 90's, a generation including myself, who look at the world, and see a vacuum of leaders.

Why do we see this vacuum? Because it exists. Very few people, in America especially, have been taught to lead, and have learned that the risks of leadership do not balance well with the rewards. In the Second of the World Wars, we had great leaders of men, who lead the charge to defeat the Nazi's and the Japs. During the Cold war, we still had remenants of that leadership, and it was personified by Ronald Reagan. But by the end of the 80's, the new generation was devoid of many leaders. In the new millennium, we are still besieged by a lack of leaders, and the assault on the ones we have.

So, what does it take to make a leader? It starts in the home, and in the way one is raised. If a child is raised with responsibility, they naturally take care of themselves and others as they age. People who are raised to take responsibility and lead rise to the situatition. In the old days, people were applauded if they succeeded, and if they failed, rather then buried in the dirt, told to learn for next time. Now days, we have very close scrutiny of every move, so when a leader trips, a pack of hyenias is there to pick up the body and turn it into a corpse of a leader. When a leader succeeds, the next line is 'what have you done for me lately?'.
This, and the assault on men in leadership by the feminist movement, has caused a state of fear for leaders, and the rewards very often times are not seen to justify the risks required by those in leadership.