Soros and Self-Criticism

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I sought out a number of politicians who had served in previous governments and asked them how they would handle the situation. To a man, they said they would apply the same policies they had followed when they were in power. Rarely had I met so many people who had learned so little from experience.

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But other charismatic personalities have not arrived at their leadership positions following the same route... They probably remember that they always tried to get others to believe in them, and eventually they succeeded. They are not consumed by self-doubt, and they do not need to repress the urge to express it... People do not want their leaders to be fallible. That is one of the worst defects of our contemporary democracies.