Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Charisma
This report is deeply disturbing but not unusual. Throughout centuries there have been men (mostly) who lived double lives -- magnetic preachers filled with charisma and abusive womanizers in secret. They project sanctity to the outside world while privately pursuing perversions. Charisma is a dangerous element in communications. Well educated, level-headed people can and do fall under the power of leaders with enticing words and personalities. I just finished reading Inside the Third Reich, Albert Speer's memoir of 12 years of infatuation with Hitler. Speer was an architect and managerial genius but he suspended his critical faculties and Hitler had an intuitive ability to adjust his presence and personality to those around him. Why is it that people who ought to know better fall under the sway of such men? It merits research.
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