In Search of Diversity-Oriented Leadership

Abstract

In many parts of the world, including the United States, there are now countless leaders who dignify themselves with the Messiah Complex, exhibit dictatorial tendencies, and lack the power to unite their people. Rather than advance their societies, these leaders resort to leading in authoritarian ways that have no regard for different voices and/or multicultural voices. In other words, these leaders seem to be ruthlessly irresponsive to new and old voices that disagree with them. Consider a few world-wide examples. President Vladmir Putin of Russia has consistently attacked the free press and used his goons to destroy his opposition with assassinations and secret poisoning. He is a shameless dictator who has led Russia for a long time and has continued to intimidate the Russian citizens. President Xi Jinping of China in some way has manipulated the political system of his country to make himself a life President. He continues to attack the free press and minimize the impact of technology in enhancing the well-being of his citizenry. President Kim Jong-un of North Korea is an unabashed dictator who continues to kill his opponents or those who share different perspectives. As young as he is, he continues to dominate his citizens and rule them by fear and with iron hands. He enjoys the good life while his citizens suffer immensely. President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines consistently attacks the free press, destroys his opponents, and kills people who he thinks are drug dealers. In many countries of the world, many leaders have continued to devalue diverse opinions and perspectives of their peoples. They enrich themselves while the citizens of their respective countries are in vulnerable delicate situations. For example, President Nicholas Meduro of Venezuela dishonors the free press, steals elections, destroys his opposition, and ruthlessly intimidates his people. President Tayyid Erdogan of Turkey has managed to manipulate his country’s constitution to make himself a life President, especially after he survived a poorly planned military coup. Similar problems have also been visible in the Arab World. Sadly, in October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a well-known journalist of the United States Washington Post was brutally sawed to death at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Instanbul, Turkey because he had been a critical voice of dissension of the Saudi regime. President Netanyahu of Israel was recently indicted of corruption and for abusing his power. While he is not as brutal as the aforementioned leaders, he was very openly disrespectful and critical of President Barack Obama, the first African American President of the United States, even though President Obama was very supportive of Israel. In the African continent, similar brutal leadership has continued to flourish. Funny enough, most of the leaders are in their 70s with zero vision and mission outside the fact that they enrich themselves, their families and friends, and tribesmen and women. They attack the free press, intimidate and murder dissenting voices and opponents, move their respective countries backwards, steal their countries wealth, and put most of their family members and relations in high positions that they are unqualified to handle. In some situations, they want their family members to rule after them. While some progress is made in many parts of the world, servant leaders and moral authorities are nowhere to be seen. The questions now are: What is going on? How do we reverse this dangerous socio-political trend?