Why People Follow Toxic Leaders
And the Best Way to Avoid Falling into this Trap
More than half of House Republicans — 106 of them — urged the Supreme Court to overthrow the election, effectively trying to disenfranchise millions of voters for the heinous crime of not voting Republican. Thankfully, the Supreme Court recognized the Texas lawsuit for the baseless trash that it was and the Electoral College followed suit with endorsing the will of the American people. Score one for democracy. As well as intelligence and morality.
But 106 House Republicans, along with 18 Republican Attorneys General, will forever be on the record as supporting a baseless lawsuit that attempted to obstruct the will of the people. And contrary to all logic, it doesn’t seem to be over. Apparently a number of Republicans are planning to sow further division by challenging the outcome in early January.
It’s as though they have lifetime tickets to the wrong side of history.
But this is the price of following a toxic leader. Eventually, followers always need to choose between behaviors that are unethical and immoral or risk becoming a target of the very leader they’ve supported.
Toxic leaders don’t see their supporters as people. They see them as tools. And as tools, they have little compunction for casting them aside once they’re no longer…
