What did the German youth interviewed at demonstrations say about following a leader?
Asked what they really wanted, one German youth at the demonstrations said plainly that if a man could come on the scene who would be a leader, they would follow him in a minute. This statement illustrates a world getting ready for such a leader.
Les explains that this interview shows the world is getting ready for a coming leader. When the German youth at the demonstrations were asked what they really wanted, one said straight out that if a man could come on the scene who would be a leader, they would follow him in a minute. Les also suggests that if one figure could appear with the diplomacy of Henry Kissinger, the attributes of Kennedy, and the economic smarts of Milton Friedman rolled into one—seemingly having all the answers—people would fall on their knees and kiss his feet in a minute. He ties this to the iron and clay toes of the Western Europe Consortium of Nations. As an old farmer, he compares cement mixed with gravel: it will not last and begins crumbling because it cannot cleave. He says that is how Europe is, because its nations have hated each other for centuries—Germans hate the French, French hate others, Spaniards hate Italians—and those hatreds run deep.