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by k310 284 days ago
The "problem with revolutions" is that the winners are people successful chiefly if not only, at winning revolutions.

I recall company founders being shown the door when their "founder" skills mismatched the ensuing needs. Sanders, Jobs, and so on.

Who follows? Ask the U.S., France, Russia, China, Cuba. Each was different. Didn't Mao advocate for "continuous revolution?"

My sense is that both visionary and practical leaders are needed, if those attributes can be blended, but not revolutionary. Maybe it's easier these days to write a living constitution, but change has accelerated, making that harder to do (to adapt and grow) without making it easier to hack or pollute.