Wolves run in packs. The packs are organized, effective, and efficient.
This famous photo is regularly used in leadership courses.
Looking carefully, you see that the pack has organization. The front three wolves are the oldest and weakest. They set the pace and direction for the rest. The next five are the youngest and strongest. They protect the front of the pack. The balance of the pack is in the middle. The last five are young and strong and they protect the rear of the pack. Trailing all of these is the Leader of the Pack. From his position, he ensures no one is left behind. He keeps the pack on the right path. He can run in any direction to help protect the pack. This leadership is seen as “taking care of the team”.
In leadership studies, we tend to overlay the simplicity of the animal kingdom over the top of today's uber-complex sophisticated society and its different leadership needs. It doesn’t always work, but a modern fable might imagine this same wolf pack as a “fable” for a modern day.
The three front wolves would be, Nancy, Chucky, and Bernie. All old, weak, and increasingly useless.
Next would follow an aggressive group of “big tech” lobbyists, howling at the three in front to do more for them. These critters would be followed by the rank and file of the congressional delegation. The back end five would be the “Squad” of AOC and the fringe extremists.
All these are followed by the leader of this pack, “Joe-the-Houseplant,” who follows the trail of the others without thought or consciousness.
What is missing in the “fable” is the over-arching goal that drives the real wolf pack. The “fable” has no shared and agreed vision. The strategy and tactics used to reach a singular and focused outcome just are not there. The pack could disintegrate into chaos and anarchy at the first test.
Here's an example. Imagine this “fable pack” has just learned that a large group of alien wolves has suddenly appeared in their territory. This could be a takeover of the pack. Nancy, Chucky, and Bernie all agree that it is best for them to welcome the new wolves and to give them food and the full protection of the pack. Joe-the-Houseplant has no opinion or any idea about what is happening.
But the pack does not have enough food. The three old wolves call on the other animals in the eco-system and demand that they share their meat with the pack. Further, the old wolves demand that all the other animals eat less meat. That way the other animals will not miss the meat they are forced to give to the pack. After all, what is best for the pack is good for the ecosystem.
Everyone knows that wolf packs are great for the ecosystem (look at the Yellowstone experience). So it came to pass that large numbers of wolves from the south joined this wolf pack. All the other animals in the ecosystem were forced to support all of these new wolves plus the original pack. All the animals in the ecosystem had to give up their rightful food and do with less for those others that do nothing for them or their wellbeing. The other animals hated the wolves and plotted against them. The wolves, the apex-predators, were too powerful. The other animals lacked weapons and organization and were forced into a future of poverty, and starvation.
All fables have a moral, and this one is no different: if we do nothing, the apex predator will take all. Leadership from our elected representatives falls close to the test in this fable.
The mantra of the political elite is, “What is best for me is good for the country.” Absent the ability of “we the people” to wrest our legitimate power back from the overreach of the government, we too are doomed to a future of poverty and starvation.
Our wealth and treasure are being taken from us to redistribute to those who contribute nothing. This must stop. Two things need to happen. The 2nd Amendment needs to be protected at all costs. Our rights to keep and bear arms is at the heart of our defense against a grasping, opportunist government.
The second thing: a Convention of States needs to convene to truncate government overreach. You can help by signing the petition. There are volunteer positions available if you can do more.
