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This 5 page paper uses an article submitted by a student as a springboard for discussion. This opinion piece suggests that the system is strong but there are some problems with it. Today's leaders are compared with the Founders. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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that some of the characteristics are genius, courage, knowledge, judgment and moral character (Brown 34). The author looks at founders and claims that they are great; some examples are Benjamin
Franklin and George Washington (Brown 34). There are others. When delving deeper into the topic, Brown talks about the fact that trust had been "at the core of the system"
(38). Brown goes on to explain how things are different today. One point is that the political system differs a great deal in that politicians plead directly to voters and
also that Senators are now elected directly by the people (Brown 42). In some way, there is a sense that the evolution of the democratic system has prompted change. Clearly,
there are things that never change. Despite increases in technology, there is no Internet voting. There is no direct democracy, even though many criticize the electoral college. While the political
system has evolved, it did not change enough to actually destroy the integrity of the system that the founders developed. There is much that has stayed the same. The article
does talk about the great men and makes reference to the fact that they are no longer with us. It implies that something is broken. Yet, the author makes the
following admission: "But greatness, of course, is an exceptional phenomenon; even under the best conditions the odds must always be against it" (Brown 43). In other words, one has to
wait for a great leader to emerge. In fact, it is often only in retrospect that someone is considered to be great. Many times, the greatness does not emerge for
some time. That said, the author then claims that the system is broken and that is really the reason why great leaders do not come about (Brown 43). It
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