Please don't take me wrong. I am not speaking of those absolute rulers who claim to be good to their citizens nor those benevolent kings who are written about. It is not the iron fist that I am taking about, it is the iron will. It is these people with 'Iron Will' that will shape destiny either of their own or that of the society or the nation that they decide to own. These are the ones that change the course of history, move mountains and define the contours of life and living in a society.
Why is this Iron Will required, is democracy not a suitable tool, isn't consensus the right way. The answer is yes but consensus will require to be built by a strong mind after convincing the many to enforce democracy, if not what would come out would be a jigsaw with no purpose that no body can solve nor can be solved. One would require a strong, sharp, stable, experienced and honest mind that would assimilate the aspirations of one and all to convince, apply and complete without having the need to be overtly verbose or unnecessarily subservient.
There are in many cases genuine divergence of thoughts and perceptions of the situations. There divergences and indeed contradictions are often due to cross purposes of the objectives of the concerned parties in many cases to the extent of being detrimental to others needs. These diversities will require to be addressed by the leader to create a framework, perhaps at costs to some in the short term but for the good of all.
Mahatma Gandhi had it in him to be Iron Willed, he never ruled but had his way. He changed the course of India, he imposed his views and in most cases got his way, better than those tyrannical dictators.
Does Anna Hazare have it in him to do that good to us which the Mahatma did to our nation 6 decades ago. Let us hope he has for our own good.
http://my1000oddmiles.blogspot.com/
Why is this Iron Will required, is democracy not a suitable tool, isn't consensus the right way. The answer is yes but consensus will require to be built by a strong mind after convincing the many to enforce democracy, if not what would come out would be a jigsaw with no purpose that no body can solve nor can be solved. One would require a strong, sharp, stable, experienced and honest mind that would assimilate the aspirations of one and all to convince, apply and complete without having the need to be overtly verbose or unnecessarily subservient.
There are in many cases genuine divergence of thoughts and perceptions of the situations. There divergences and indeed contradictions are often due to cross purposes of the objectives of the concerned parties in many cases to the extent of being detrimental to others needs. These diversities will require to be addressed by the leader to create a framework, perhaps at costs to some in the short term but for the good of all.
Mahatma Gandhi had it in him to be Iron Willed, he never ruled but had his way. He changed the course of India, he imposed his views and in most cases got his way, better than those tyrannical dictators.
Does Anna Hazare have it in him to do that good to us which the Mahatma did to our nation 6 decades ago. Let us hope he has for our own good.
http://my1000oddmiles.blogspot.com/
Iam totally inline with your views. The ways followed by a true leader eventually emerge as best practices :)
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