The Young League Forum

"ltr">How They Operate Gladiators operate by first and foremost seeking for alliance. They always need the help of others, especially the notables, whom they believe are dissatisfied or not in good terms with the current government. As soon as they find their fellows and they reveal their secrets to them, the former will feel relieved because they have seen the means of satisfaction. They will now table all they know about the government and chart a way forward on how to discredit it. After this stage they will start living a life of pretense by claiming to represent the interest of the masses or be their mouthpiece. Their aim is to disarticulate the political system and create crisis of legitimacy to the existing government. This leads to the emergence of political gladiators. They are the political dissents and self acclaimed notables that think that their relevance is diminishing and interest is not willingly represented in the present government as they exp...

How They Operate Gladiators operate by first and foremost seeking for alliance. They always need the help of others, especially the notables, whom they believe are dissatisfied or not in good terms with the current government. As soon as they find their fellows and they reveal their secrets to them, the former will feel relieved because they have seen the means of satisfaction. They will now table all they know about the government and chart a way forward on how to discredit it. After this stage they will start living a life of pretense by claiming to represent the interest of the masses or be their mouthpiece. Their aim is to disarticulate the political system and create crisis of legitimacy to the existing government. This leads to the emergence of political gladiators. They are the political dissents and self acclaimed notables that think that their relevance is diminishing and interest is not willingly represented in the present government as they expect. They w...

Kind of   Political  Supporters     …I  remind Princes who have recently seized a state for themselves through support given from within that they should carefully reflect on the motives of those who helped them. If these were not based on a natural affection for the new Prince, but rather on discontent with the existing government, he will retain their friendship only with considerable difficulty and exertion, because it will be impossible for him in his return to satisfy them.…a Prince far more easily wins the friendship of those who were formerly satisfied with the existing government … than of those who, because they were dissatisfied, became his friends and favoured his occupation” (Machiavelli, trans. 69-70).  A wise leader should be able to define the motive of his supporters.      A leader whether good or bad never lacks followers and supporters insofar he is in charge. He may relatively lack followers but not ...