Great causes have always demanded leaders willing to carry visible weight.
Today, that gravity gives way to spectacle. Lavish gatherings. Public celebrations. Fundraisers continuing even as tensions rise. Not isolated moments. Patterns.
Citizens understand sacrifice. What they will not tolerate indefinitely is sacrifice demanded without seriousness, without restraint, without the visible burden that once defined leadership in moments of crisis.
When leadership begins to resemble entertainment, confidence begins to resemble doubt. And doubt carries its own cost.
