卡裏斯瑪 leader 雖然享受萬眾頂禮膜拜頌聖洗地，但是像以前說起過的，according to Weber 同學，他的日子也不是那麽輕鬆 -- 他要努力向他的 followers 提供 proof。一旦 proof fails， followers 的信仰也會隨之喪失（再抄一遍 :-)）：
"Charisma" is the personal quality that makes an individual seem extraordinary, a quality by virtue of which supernatural, superhuman, or at least exceptional powers or properties are attributed to the individual: powers or properties that are not found in everyone and that are thought to be the gift of God or exemplary, rendering that individual a "leader" (Führer).
Charisma is validated through the recognition of a personal proof by those who are ruled. This was originally effected through the performance of a miracle, bringing about a voluntary dedication to a revelation, to hero worship, to absolute trust in the leader. Where charisma is genuine, this is not, however, the basis for legitimation; it is instead rooted in an obligation on the part of those who have received the call to acknowledge their duty to provide personal proof.
If proof fails to materialise, the charismatically blessed personage shows himself to have been abandoned by his God or his magical or heroic powers. If success continued to elude him, and especially if his leadership did not improve the lot of those over whom he ruled, there was a chance that his charismatic authority would vanish. This is the genuine charismatic meaning of "the grace of God."
It (charismatic rule) is instead legitimate to the extent and for as long as personal charisma by force of personal proof can be maintained, which means: so long as it finds acknowledgement and can sustain belief in such proof among followers, disciples, or retinue.
如傳人兄所言，“強人”的英雄形象，“君臨地球”的快感，是“熱情愛好者”群體裏的一大賣點。“強人”不但提供了有強人大腿可抱的安心踏實感，也提供了通過 self-identification 仗強人人勢假君王虎威的驕傲自豪感（看網絡上有多少“代教主立言”、“代朝廷立言” :-)）
曆史上常見記載某朝某地一眾善男信女再建廟宇、重塑金身的“美談”。幾乎在這次“強人”形象破功的同時，其“金身”“among followers”就第一時間被“重塑”，好像不但“光環”未減，“charismatic authority”也是有增無減。而且不止這一次，一年多來有目共睹的 N 次 TACO，“among followers”也不是“或最贏”，就是從勝利走向勝利。更何況還有一茬一茬的韭菜收割， also "among followers" :-)
所以 Weber 同學生也早矣。如果晚生100年，不但會讚同總射擊師“我們的人民太好了”的感歎，《Economy and Society》裏也會多出一章，“Ideal Followers” :-)
另外，指出“另一種更好更有效的關稅”是轉進，還是需要冰冷的邏輯思維。而邏輯思維和 charismatic devotion 是 antinomy par excellence :-)
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