The Herr Doctor does not know about peoples.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A figure of authority lacks understanding of ordinary people.
- In plain terms
- The doctor doesn't understand how regular people live.
- What can you take from it?
- Leaders must understand the people they serve.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where are you disconnected from others?
- How can you learn their reality?
Another view
It generalizes that all authorities are disconnected.
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