Strategic Leadership

In the video, we saw several charismatic leaders who each had their own styles of public speaking, and knew how to convey a message that the audience wanted to hear. I feel that there were three individuals in the video

That stand out above the rest for very similar reasons. These three are Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and Adolph Hitler.

I know most people would scratch their heads at anyone trying to compare these three people and their unique circumstance, but due to a very similar political climate at the time, they all share several things in common that each makes theme a well known historical figure in our time. Each person had an outside force, that created these individuals and the actions they took to achieve their own unique circumstance. Whether you are comparing the oppressive and racist laws against American Minorities, the British colonial subjugation of India, http://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898, or the treaty of Versailles which was enacted in order to Punish a post WWI Germany http://www.johndclare.net/EA3.htm, the connection becomes clear.

The political climate in their three perspective countries was reeling for a change, and the general public was a powder keg waiting to explode. Martin Luther King Jr. ushered in an awareness of civil rights and civil liberties, and garnered a huge amount of support for his ideas. Being an outspoken voice that the citizens have never heard before, all three of these individuals captured the moment and harnessed the resentment of their fellow citizens. Until their time, no one had ever came forward in this manner, and spoke out on such a grand scale. Regardless of their intentions, the three individuals were able to gain community support by telling the people what they wanted to hear, and expound on what was a daily occurrence in their lives. Whether you are talking about local oppressive government, an international one, or a colonial imperialist, people will recognize...