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How to ensure democracy survives
History is testimony to the fact that the wrong people, in positions of political power, cause havoc. We are seeing the repeating cycle today with Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu and others, a handful of men actively working to destroy the work that decades of good leaders put in place to move the world closer to global unification. If we accept that this cycle of dictatorial leaders is "just the way it is", then of course that complacency and apathy will mak

Réal Laplaine
Jan 114 min read


Democracy is being systematically destroyed by the oligarchy
The following definitions are borrowed from the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Autocracy: a state or society governed by one person with absolute power: Oligarchy: a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes “a choice between democracy and oligarchy … the Greeks knew that social inequality was the route through which democracy turns to oligarchy. … Oligarchy is the rule of the few, and these few have been understood since

Réal Laplaine
Dec 8, 20253 min read


Ms. President - vs Mr. President
The two most troublesome nations in the world today, threatening world peace and democracy, are headed by men, dictators at that. Imagine...

Réal Laplaine
Mar 8, 20252 min read


Stand Proud Europe!!!
Given all the rhetoric and verbal diarrhea going back and forth across the oceans, I thought it would be a good time to provide some...

Réal Laplaine
Feb 26, 20254 min read


Should there be a bottom line for leadership?
I’d like to offer some perspective on leadership, which became more evident to me in recent times with the disproportionate number of...

Réal Laplaine
Jan 10, 20254 min read


Integrity: one of the most important words to teach our children.
Noah Webster, of Websters dictionaries, defined integrity back in 1828 in his American Dictionary of the English Language as follows:...

Réal Laplaine
Jun 25, 20242 min read
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