How should Political Party leaders be elected?

[Joelcool7]

Kasz216 said:

Joelcool7 said:

sapphi_snake said:

Kasz216 said:

Get together everyone who is qualified to be a leader, and pick the one who wants to be leader least.... because he's probably the one that cares the most, rather then just wanting to get off by being the boss of people.

A good leader is one who hates being a leader yet still gets chosen for it.

Isn't that just a myth?

Of course it is, because you can't lead a country if you don't want to do so. Somebody with no ambition to be leader would make a terrible one. Also those who actually want to lead pay more attention to the issues they invest more time and effort into winning and as such they are more qualified to run a country then someone who doesn't actually have any want to be a leader.

How many times have people freaked out when their leaders call it quits. If you elect someone who does not want to lead , they will only remain in the position a short period of time resigning early. If they don't resign they will leave their policies and decisions to the people who actually have a vested interest in them.

You need someone who is ambitious somebody who wants to lead and has the character and ambition to do so. Can you name a single leader of any country who did not want to lead? Now is that leader as good as even 10% of those who actually wanted to lead? Its easy to point out leaders who had ambition but were pretty bad, but its not as easy to find leaders who had no ambition to lead yet not only led but were superior to those who actually wanted to lead?

You seem to be missing the point.

There are people who don't want to lead, but feel compelled to lead because the people who are leading are complete jackasses.

You see people like that step up all the time when the people leading are acting like complete jackasses.

 

All those you see step up want to lead. If they didn't they would see no reason to step up. They want to bring about change and to impact the world around them. They have ambitions and a view of how the country should run and how they could do a better job then the current leader. Either way you look at it, they want the job.

I was refering to individuals who actually don't want to lead. As you suggested, I have never heard of a leader who lead more then say 6-8 months who actually did not want to lead. Fact is people who enter politics and such want to be leaders they want to impact the world they want to change the way our countries work. You don't enter politics not wanting to change or impact things, you want to have an impact and to do so you know you need to lead. Thus wanting to lead, you want followers (Voters) you want supporters (Donations) you want to get elected (Lead).

I don't think you could name a single leader who didn't actually want to lead. Also every politician pretty much including the ones we deem as bad, they all wanted to change and step up against those they thought were acting like complete Jackasses. In fact Hitler himself wanted to lead because he saw the German Government as acting like cowardess jack asses and thought that things needed to change.

I personally believe about 80% of politicians enter politics to change the world for the greater good, at least that is how they think. I will change things, I will get rid of the jack asses. I will be different!