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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by thdrdt on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:31AM (#23320399)
Aren't there universal measurements for leaders/counties?

For example the Bible has a lot of wisdom like: 'If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.' This was already written some 2000 years ago and has been proven true over time.

So I would argue you could measure the amount of unity a leader tries to create.

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by bergstromm466 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:08AM (#23321273)
> So I would argue you could measure the amount of unity a leader tries to create.

That’s a nice one. Yet do you think then Hitler might be a good leader? (not a joke). He united the white German population in a time of great economic disarray - in both Germany and Europe. Maybe we should measure unity and cooperation with other countries? Global solidarity

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by thdrdt on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:17AM (#23321325)
You have got a good point but I doubt it is true because a lot of Germans were against Hitler.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_resistance_to_Nazism

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by heavenlyblue on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:40AM (#23321825)
> He united the white German population in a time of great economic disarray

Rather, he united the country because it was in an economic disarray :)

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