Is Jens Stoltenberg the most boss contemporary politician?

Sugar_Rush

NATO secretary general hailing from Norway.

At least as I see it at the moment, so many politicians are so slick they'd make oil jealous.

Many of their actions are so backhanded, they'd put a jackal to shame.

Perhaps it's the time we're in and the reassurance as to the emergence of competence where so much uncertainty surrounds us, but to see a politician who is forthright and unashamedly cognizant, is not just a breath of fresh air but a pleasure to see at work.

Bearing in mind he was implored by the US secretary of defense to uphold his position as NATO secretary general for at least one more term in light of the Ukraine conflict, clearly emphasizing the value placed on that level of leadership by the most powerful military nation on earth, certainly seems to reflect the sentiments of this thread.

Thoughts?

To the unacquainted, my favorite presentation is his delivery of a Q&A to the political scientists of tomorrow at this Youth Summit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdPc9iHqFU4

Sugar_Rush

No thoughts?

Boards.ie seems to have ambivalent ideas of leadership and second guess its importance.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058248605/bullying-and-scam-artistry-is-learning-to-manage-these-the-basis-of-good-leadership-in-society

The responses throughout this thread got wonderfully side tracked, exemplifying this.

It seems to get overlooked that the policy under which the mechanics of every nation operates is determined and dictated by political leadership.

The Irish housing crises, development restriction, legal/illegality of controversial activities.

What seems to be overlooked which is again exemplified in that link, is how a leader conducts affairs, is an extension of who they are as a person.

I used the example of Ide Amin governing by bullying policy, as he himself was a bully by disposition/character (Putin same, but with a scam-artist mixed in).

Stoltenberg leads NATO, a defensive military alliance, formerly chaired the climate action initiative contemporarily consolidated in the "Paris accord";

So I mean who knows how his political position and conduct would translate into governing a country.

I'm just saying, in contrast, juxtaposition if you will, to conventional leaders like Trump, Putin, dipshit from North Korea, etc., who all drip of disingenuous sleaze and make decisions based on impulse, ego and irrationality, re policy determination and adept decision making, I really think there's something to be said for the cognitive solidarity the likes of Stoltenberg seems to work with.

Sugar_Rush

Actually in a curious twist here, it turns out Stoltenberg WAS the prime minister of Norway previous to the NATO post.

More over, there is a model in prostitution or "sex work" called the "Nordic Model" implemented initially in Sweden, but adopted in Norway in 2009.

Stoltenberg was the acting prime minister at that time thus almost certainly responsible for enacting that law paradigm.

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As it happen I'm more of a liberal on that matter and having observed the societal impact of functional integrative prostitution models such as in the Netherlands, can't say I'm entirely in favor of said Nordic apprach as it's actually prohibitive of the trade in many respects in contrast to incorporating it as a part of a nations socio-economic framework.

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I still think the dude is a boss but I guess it goes to show, optimal politics is a complex operation.

That being said I don't think Trump, Putin or North Korea's autocrat advocate any prostitution model, let alone an integrative one.

johnnyskeleton

Mod note:

I think this thread has run its course. Maybe more suitable for a blog or article than a political discussion