I find that premise that leadership reflects the collective consciousness of a nation is an interesting hypothesis. Hardly substantiated or established -- but interesting speculation.
Look at the ramifications IF true: ColCon has been jumping around like grasshoppers in a hot skillet. (Attempting to) look at the intelligence, leadership qualities, and personal qualities of presidents -- outside of politics -- paints a picture of pretty extreme jumps -- back and forth. Is ColCon really that jumpy? And Lincoln, then Washington are usually at the top of historians' lists of greatest presidents. is ColCon devolving? And take GWB -- on almost all levels, in the lower range on most scales - possibly the worst president in ages, if not ever. Did ColCon just shrivel up and die in the last 8 years. And then spring to blazing life with Obama - who regardless of politics -- appears to score better on all dimensions than Bush -- often dramatically? And the more nuanced interpretation of the premise (leadership reflects the collective consciousness of a nation) is that people get what they deserve under each leader. Since we all have experienced ups and downs in life, we can't really say our consciousness has changed as dramatically as our circumstances. IF karma is a deep and widespread -- multi-dimensional characteristic of life and ColCon -- then that may be a hint. People work off bad karma under a bad leader and work off good karma under a good leader -- and the direction is not simply "up" -- but jumps around. Per this framework GWB may have been one of the deepest stresses / distortions in ColCon and its now released -- and much more "light" has now entered the scene. And ColCon I would venture -- is a set of forces plying against each other. Darkness vs light -- if you will -- in simple terms. At some points darkness is just a hair more substantive than light. A tipping point. GWB JUST squeaked by in two elections. The kaboom, light overtakes darkness. Still murky gray, but ColCon perhaps reaches tipping points -- wan what appears to be quantum "phase shifts" -- when the tipping point, the critical mass, is reached. And ColCon is made up of a shifting population. Every 8 years 5% or so of people exit and 5%+ or so people enter the stage. Over 50 years, there i sa huge change of players. (Who may be "ourselves" -- but in different clothes) Its all a speculative framework until the ColCon and Karma meters are developed. But frameworks (theories) can make predictions well in advance of their validation. Its interesting (to me) to look at how this framework would view emerging -- and future events. I am curious if others have any insights or views on this.
