005 Brooks

Like the last article, authority was presented as in and of itself. Brooks presented the Follower Problem, not as much the leader issues. Although America might have a leadership problem, because everyone has a different opinion, Brooks mentions how he doesn’t know if there are leadership problems but he does know there are following problems. He mentions many great monuments that people wave off like it’s nothing. They say that many Americans don’t trust their institutions that are blessed around them. He says that the problem develops because people act so cynical and like to pretend that they are better than everything around them. He finished it off with to have good leaders, you have to have good followers.

I believe that yes there are people that think they are better than everything around them but I also feel like sometimes, a person might have so much going on in their life. We all live in the same world so we know how the problems are around us and we know that sometimes things can get pretty hard. For instance, me, sometimes I don’t pay any attention to these great things that I could take advantage of but there are times I have so much on my mind that I don’t get creative with my habits and exploring and experiencing new things that are around me. I never feel to cool and better than all these beautiful monuments left for us but to me it’s just not as important as the things I got going on in my life right now with family, school, sports, work and much more.