Some people were born leaders, like Mr. Truman.
Before becoming president, he had not actually undergone much political grooming. After leaving the military, he was recommended by the military and the Military Industrial Group and became an aide to the Bowling President—
As far as the Bowling President was concerned, as long as the money was right, he did not care who worked for him.
It had been an excellent opportunity. If the Bowling President had not been in office then, and if the Federation's atmosphere had not shifted from conservative to radical, a politician with a military background would never have had the chance to run for office.
He would not even have had the chance to become a presidential candidate!
People would have worried that a candidate from a military faction would be part of the Radical Faction, a militant, and that would not have fit with the conservative social atmosphere of the time.
Yet it was precisely the change in social attitudes that allowed Mr. Truman to pick up a winning hand—and he played it beautifully.
He had merely let his personal charisma shine through, and he won people's support. Of course, this referred to the first election after the transition.
He was a natural-born leader, possessing an outstanding ability to inspire others and give them courage and direction when they faced a choice.
There had been others like him throughout history, but such people were always in the minority.
There were also people who were born manipulators, like Lin Qi.
The life experience he had accumulated across an entire world gave him a degree of control over life and human nature that others could hardly possess.
It was not that he was especially extraordinary. It was simply that when a person had lived long enough, he