Argumentation: "Reality Bites"

George Eliot, an English Victorian novelist from the 19th century once said, "The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." With more clarification, Eliot asserts that flawed leadership is to be expected and should not stop progress. I support her assertion because we are not perfect human beings nor do we have to pretend to be. Some individuals think its necessary for us to be the best versions of ourselves, some don't. With the recent events going on in society, it’s evident that even with flawed leadership, justice can quite progress.

Although generation Z has been quite mad, the worst events of them all happened to be the triumph of Donald Trump’s presidential election. However, with him being the dreadful president he is, he has established some progress. Despite his xenophobia and sexist comments he’s made whether it was in his speeches or over social media, society responded by protesting, creating hashtags on the internet, and forming movements which some have been victorious and importantly have raised awareness. For instance, women finally strongly enunciated in opposition to sexual abuse as well as sexism. This provoked women, forming the Women’s March worldwide. Not only did ordinary women participate and spoke out, but so did celebrities who have been in the same situations.

In conclusion, you don’t need a perfect leader to progress. It’s one’s decision to augment the good out of the bad. That does not mean that human life is imperfect. It means that the idea of perfection has no meaning. There’s times where one doesn’t learn about others, but also learn about oneself. We must appreciate the beauty in the struggle and the ugliness in success.