This is something I’ve learned especially at work - charisma almost always wins over competence, unless you’re speaking to other experts in the field. I’ve seen people spew absolute meaningless bullshit to audiences of hundreds in a field they should know at least a bit about, these are not exactly laymen. They will eat that shit up if the person speaking is charismatic and confident, and they’ll clap like it’s the most enlightening thing they’ve ever heard.
Someone got mad at me once because I described trump as charismatic. But like if that’s not what it is then what do you describe that strange stranglehold he has over the minds of his adoring base?
To me that’s what charisma means. I don’t personally find him inspiring or captivating in any way. I don’t see how people could find him charismatic, but for whatever reason they do.
So charismatic is an accurate description not of his personal qualities but of his relationship to his base.
This is something I’ve learned especially at work - charisma almost always wins over competence, unless you’re speaking to other experts in the field. I’ve seen people spew absolute meaningless bullshit to audiences of hundreds in a field they should know at least a bit about, these are not exactly laymen. They will eat that shit up if the person speaking is charismatic and confident, and they’ll clap like it’s the most enlightening thing they’ve ever heard.
The election of 2016 proved that point in a horrific and sobering way.
Someone got mad at me once because I described trump as charismatic. But like if that’s not what it is then what do you describe that strange stranglehold he has over the minds of his adoring base?
To me that’s what charisma means. I don’t personally find him inspiring or captivating in any way. I don’t see how people could find him charismatic, but for whatever reason they do.
So charismatic is an accurate description not of his personal qualities but of his relationship to his base.