Two Americans I wish were Indian leaders
By vanny
@vandana7 (101220)
India
June 19, 2024 12:43am CST
Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln.
I guess there are more people with admirable qualities, including Obama, and Jimmy Carter.
I may have read less about them, or cannot relate to them or their actions to be more precise, even though these leaders have lived in my time.
So when Americans put those four leaders on Mount Rushmore, I always felt, Franklin deserved a place there...even though he was never the president.
This is the problem with statues or sculptures...when we build/sculpt one, we are always left with feeling of unfairness towards others.
Do you feel the same way?
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@vandana7 (101220)
• India
19 Jun
As a kid many leaders were admired, then as I grew up, one by one, they fell off the list because I came across more information about them. I have become quite cynical about politicians. I feel, when they are in power, we will not know anything bad about them. It is when they are not in power, we will get the truth. If I had to mention anybody it would be Lal Bahadur Shastri. He was the kinda leader India needs.
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@vandana7 (101220)
• India
19 Jun
@jstory07 Unlikely. LOL. Half the population is uneducated and therefore, does not understand what it is voting for. It just waits for freebies. The other half does not have time to reflect on what the leaders are doing or implications of it. So they decide based on the leader's affinity or aversion towards their religion.
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@LindaOHio (183886)
• United States
19 Jun
It's interesting that you know so much about American leaders and politics. You are very intelligent and aware of what's going on in the world. Have a good day.
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@zhangxueying (3340)
• China
19 Jun
Many times, abandoning old concepts and finding new directions for development is a manifestation of our social progress.The President must be the people of his own country, not a foreigner
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