Argumentation #4: George Eliot

     Realism is a movement that depicted real life people, in their real life environment, facing real situations. Unlike the romantics which focused on the individual and typically had a positive outlook on life, the realists focused on society on the whole and typically had a pessimistic view on real life. Realist George Eliot's view on leadership advises us that flawed leadership is to be expected and shouldn't stop progress of movements or humanity. For example, Dr. Martin Luther King was a flawed leader as well as Hitler, both had their flaws but had made great progress in both of their movements.
     Would the civil rights movement be as successful if it had been led than someone other than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? We'll never know, but it is widely known and accepted that he was a strong leader, but he wasn't without his flaws. Many of King's speeches were plagiarized including his "I Have a Dream" speech. Without it, the civil rights movement wouldn't have been so effective and powerful, maybe it wouldn't have made much change at all. Another flaw that he had was that he was working with the communists. King was under FBI surveillance due to his ties with the communists organizations. King was accept money from them in order to fund his movement, in return he would have to let communists leaders run and project their ideas to his large following.
     You cannot deny the fact that Adolf Hitler was a powerful leader. Despite killing two-thirds of the Jewish population in Europe at the time, Hitler had so much influence on his people that he made them believe that the Jewish were an inferior race that should be removed. His soldiers swore "unconditional obedience" to Hitler on the day of Hindenburg's death. If Hitler wouldn't have been such a powerful, ruthless and intimidating leader, the Germans wouldn't have been powerful at all.
     Maybe we do need powerful leaders, both King and Hitler died whilst they were still in power. The Germans had failed and there are still racial issues happening all over America. But it is their legacy that makes the people today say we can fight for our own rights, that kind of thinking led to powerful movements like the Black Lives Matter movement. Hitler taught us not what to do to our fellow human race.
      With the presence of a perfect leader, maybe our world wouldn't have any problems at all. Our society would be perfect if we had a perfect leader. However a perfect leader doesn't exist, only people that want change. Sure, since the movements today are large and aren't really being led by a single person, there may be a lot of problems, but that doesn't change the fact that their strong. You do not need a strong leader for change, just passion.