The Leadership Principle

From Nature’s Eternal Religion, by Ben Klassen

Book II – Chapter 7

There should be no great mystery as to the meaning of the Leadership Principle. It is as simple as it sounds. Yet thanks to all the brain pollution we have been deluged with about “democracy,” our great “republic” and other deceptive clichés, the average White Man is completely confused about this term.

The Leadership Principle is older than civilization itself and goes back to the very beginning of mankind’s organized tribal society. It is as modern as General Motors and IBM. The first tribal organization used the Leadership Principle and the above-mentioned industrial giants use it today.

It means simply organized society having a leader at its head to lead, direct and plan the best interests of the whole group. Such leader has authority to command, and on the other hand, must also be totally responsible to the group.

A perfect example of the Leadership Principle is the Kehilla, the Jewish master organization described in a previous chapter. At the head is the “Prince” or the “Sponsor.” He has seven powerful Jews under him who take orders from him and pass them down the chain of command to the seven subordinates each has under him. This is repeated in seven echelons, until there are 824,543 subordinates at the lowest level, each supervised and carrying out orders from their immediate superior. In very short order the idea and the command from the highest leader is transmitted throughout the organization to its lowest level.

The army is organized the same way. Starting with the Commander-in-Chief, there is a chain of command through the generals, to the colonels, etc., down to lowest private. Through such chain of command there is unity of purpose, there is a rapid execution of orders, and therein is exemplified the most efficient and effective organization devised by man.

Let us speculate, for a moment, about the relative merits of two armies, one organized under the above efficient Leadership Principle and the other under “democratic” principles. Let us suppose the sergeants of the latter put it to a vote to each of their companies as to what action they should take. “Boys,” he might say, R ...

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