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A sense of
having a mandate is a dangerous thing for a government, or indeed for any
corporate body. It is equally true in a
presidential campaign, as we see unfolding in 2016 by the Democratic and
Republican Parties for President of the United States.
Hillary
Clinton and Donald Trump are the presumptive nominees, but political life, like
life in general, at its deepest level cannot be viewed simply in the
short-term. It must be viewed also in
the long term with a visceral connection to the “collective will” of the
people. Will that happen? We shall see.
Alas, there
is little evidence of a seamless connection of this “collective will” with
either candidate within their respective parties much less with voters as both
political parties have been ruptured by discord. This climate of dissension appears endemic to
this most divisive age. This happens
when trust between the people and its leadership disappears.
It is a
dangerous time when too much space separates the “collective will” of the led
from the leadership. Should that breach be
ignored, should public opinion be manipulated to the point that the “collective
will” of the people is problematic, then we find ourselves in Nowhere Land.
The problem with a mandate is
that it is never about the leadership, always about the “collective will” of
the people. This is not limited to the people as a collective in the nation,
but to the private citizen in the community as well.
The political mind of
the times too often displays a utopian complacency thinking that “collective
will” mirrors its own self-interests. This prevents such a mind from seeing the
world clearly, the problems of the world truthfully, and its own motivation
honestly. Whatever the case may be, this has led to another important crossroads
in American as well as world history.
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