A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people's lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Politics ignoring people's real lives and inclusion is arrogant and destined to fail.
- In plain terms
- Leaders must listen to people or they will lose.
- What can you take from it?
- Engage with people's lives to avoid political failure.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When did you feel unheard by leadership?
- What makes politics feel arrogant?
Another view
Sometimes difficult decisions must ignore short term popular concerns.
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