{"id":778,"date":"2019-09-20T01:41:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T05:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=778"},"modified":"2019-09-20T01:41:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T05:41:20","slug":"the-making-of-a-citizen-leader-leaders-and-followers-and-the-allegory-of-the-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/09\/20\/the-making-of-a-citizen-leader-leaders-and-followers-and-the-allegory-of-the-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"The Making of a Citizen Leader, Leaders and Followers, and The Allegory of the Cave"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found these readings to be really timely given the climate strike taking place on Friday. I think people today frequently forget that individual and community actions can go farther than they think. We have come to rely so heavily on our leaders to create change for us when that simply is not always going to be the most effective way to get things done. It is important that we remeber to take it upon ourselves to create change. In terms of the environmental movement, it feels like people often rely on the President and Congress to make changes to improve the health of our environment, but forget that their actions, even if they are small, will accrue and can cause change. With the political gridlock we have in D.C. it is unlikely for serious changes to be made, especially considering that there has been no environmental legislation passed since 1990, unless we demand it. We need to take responsibility for our earth and each do what we can to help save the planet. We all need to be advocates for the movements like this that we believe in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was also interesting to read the \u201cLeader\u2019s and Followers\u201d section during a time where the U.S. is so politically polarized. The Trump Administration is incredibly controversial and people that do not agree with his politics can feel helpless or powerless. It is important to remebers that followers do not need to be submissive to the whims of their leaders and have more power than they believe. The President is still deeply influenced by the wants and needs of the people he leads. Even if Trump has a political ideology opposite yours, we still have the ability to influence his decision making by demonstrating our expectations and demanding action.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally The Allegory of the Cave was interesting to learn about during a time when people are asking for so much change. It illustrated to me that we can not accept the world as it is, but instead strive for something better. Though we will never live in a perfect world we can always be making progress. We should not just sit back and accept the problems that we see in the world but actually get up and do something about them and prove that the world can be better.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found these readings to be really timely given the climate strike taking place on Friday. I think people today frequently forget that individual and…<\/p>\n

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