The article highlights the potential dangers of charismatic leadership during shifts in social and political landscapes. It emphasizes that charismatic leaders can exploit personal relationships to influence decisions, often at the cost of individual values. The piece identifies three motivation types: instrumental, moral, and relational, noting that the latter can obscure our judgment. As leaders manipulate these relationships, they can lead followers to make choices that undermine their personal values, usually under the guise of maintaining or enhancing connections.
We tend to put our guard down when personal relationships are leveraged for influential ends, which can lead us to act against our personal values.
Cynical leaders prefer using the language of friendship because it guarantees alignment with moral persuasion, influencing decisions through relational obligations.
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