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My good wife Lyn, a true horsewoman, says that in a herd of wild horses, people mistake the stallion for the leader when in fact there is no leader, only the one who is followed, usually an older mare. She knows where the best grazing is in each season, where to find water in the drought, shelter in the storm, so the others trust her and follow. The stallion is the dick at the back making everyone else keep up and is often disliked.

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as with horses so with us, at least for a very long long time until we got silly and infantile and started to bend our knees before our esteemed leaders! Bulls don't lead herds of cows either, the herd follows a lead cow.

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Ethical consumerism extends the voter's franchise, electoralism diminishes it.

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