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Frank Wright

LEADERISM

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Frank Wright
Dec 05, 2023
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A Bigger Splash, David Hockney, 1967

This post is about the romantic attachment to leisure which displaces personal duty.

The attachment to saviour figures is animated by this process, which offers the usual consumer rewards. I call this process “Leaderism”.

CONTENTS

  • What is Leaderism?

  • Leisure Without End

  • Followers and Leaders

  • Who put the U in Guru?

Part two - Some Examples of Leaderism

  • New Atheism

  • Donald Trump

  • Volodymyr Zelensky

  • Gordon Tabletson

  • Vladimir Putin

Postscript - Cosmic Foo-Foo Merchants

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