I would rather children are inspired to not be leaders at all. Good role models can exist, they’re just never in a position of social power.
Power is inherently corrupting. History shows this time and again. Popular wisdom captures this. Neuroscience shows that power supresses a human brain’s capability for empathy.
In the real world, pursuing individual power always results in far more evil than good. Stories that whitewash the reality of power do not make the world better.
Unfortunately reality is that some kids are going to grow up to be in charge of things. Better they have examples of fictional leaders who aren’t monsters to hopefully sway them at least a little bit to stand up for what is right than to just go off the real life monstrous leaders they see and use the “everyone’s doing it excuse”.
Kids can still aspire to be like them. Would you rather some kid grows up to be in a leadership position who’s been inspired by Trump?
I would rather children are inspired to not be leaders at all. Good role models can exist, they’re just never in a position of social power.
Power is inherently corrupting. History shows this time and again. Popular wisdom captures this. Neuroscience shows that power supresses a human brain’s capability for empathy.
In the real world, pursuing individual power always results in far more evil than good. Stories that whitewash the reality of power do not make the world better.
Unfortunately reality is that some kids are going to grow up to be in charge of things. Better they have examples of fictional leaders who aren’t monsters to hopefully sway them at least a little bit to stand up for what is right than to just go off the real life monstrous leaders they see and use the “everyone’s doing it excuse”.