Any leader who is quickly and easily influenced by shifts in popular opinion will accomplish little. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take.

Since the beginning of civilizations, popular

opinions

have influenced many governmental policies. Some

people

assert that successful

leaders

must always have swift responses to changes in

people

's

opinions

. I mostly disagree with

this

assertion because of the two reasons outlined below;

however

, I do concede that

leaders

should take into account

people

's

opinions

when making

decisions

that profoundly impact

people

's

life

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.

First,

while

making

decisions

,

leaders

should not rely on

people

's

opinions

because these

opinions

are often contradictory.

This

is because many societal problems could be boiled down to philosophical problems.

For example

, when backscatter scanning machines with the ability to see through

people

's clothes were invented, many

people

debated whether

this machine

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should be used by security personnel in airports. One of

this

debate's roots is whether personal privacy is more important than

the

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collective safety, a classical question in philosophy. Philosophical problems are hard to solve because

people

with different backgrounds are likely to have different

opinions

.

As a result

,

leaders

might not be able to make a decision that satisfies

people

from both sides of the debate.

Second,

even when

people

do not have contradictory views on an issue, their

opinions

could be manipulated by external forces;

as a result

, these

opinions

may not be accurate and usable in the policy-making process.

For instance

, when the damage of the

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World War wretched the

people

of Germany, the majority of these

people

demanded a combative government.

This

decision was an impetus for militarization in Germany and the eventual destruction of the German economy. Another example is Russian hackers' efforts to interfere with the 2016 United States election by enhancing the popularity of one presidential candidate on social networks.

While

these efforts have never been confirmed, the possibility of these efforts shows that

people

's

opinions

could be manipulated for wrong purposes.

Therefore

, to avoid the

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of manipulating

opinions

,

leaders

should be considerate when they use these

opinions

to legislate. Admittedly,

leaders

sometimes have to listen to

people

whose fates are impacted by

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decisions

.

For example

, suppose that the chief wants to downgrade the status of a city. The leader, in

this

case, should listen to the affected

people

so that he is aware of how the decision would change the lives of the

people

in the city. If he chooses not to do so, the leader might appear to be tyrannical and lose popular trust. Because popular trust is an important factor in assessing the accomplishment of a leader, the head should maintain it by listening to his

people

when making high-stakes

decisions

.

To conclude

,

while

sometimes the

people

should be heard by their

leaders

, successful

leaders

do not need to use their

people

's

opinions

in all of their political

decisions

.