Many of us have dealt with evil leaders--leaders who put their own ambition, privilege, profit, and pleasure ahead of the needs, desires, potential that individuals and organizations hold. The evil that these leaders promote has roots in many, varied circumstances. Often as young children, these leaders had poor mentors to guide them in better ways. Whatever the reason for their evil nature and efforts, these evil leaders cause a lot of heartbreak, harm, death, and destruction--they block the good possible. What can we do about evil leaders?
On a small scale in families, communities, and organizations, it's good to work with others to hold evil leaders accountable. If that doesn't work, you can distance yourself from the evil by leaving a job or staying away from particular family or community members. Before distancing yourself however, it's good to try to work against the evil by speaking up and finding support to quell the evil individuals.
On a large scale, again it's important to work with others to make change. We've seen examples of this kind of collaborative good throughout time. The Civil Rights Movement is a good example of this.
As a world people we have to find ways to work against the self-serving, destructive power of evil leaders. We know who these dehumanizing, hateful, hurtful individuals are, and we can't simply wish them away. Onward.