Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each leader to how the position is held.
- Headman
- Big man
- Chief
- Head of state
- Prestige earned by generosity; dies with him
- Hereditary office in a ranked lineage
- Respected voice; no power to compel
- Office backed by bureaucracy and force
Hints
- Each position is held differently: by respect, by achievement, or by birth.
- The last is an office that outlives its holder.
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- Headman → Respected voice; no power to compel
- Big man → Prestige earned by generosity; dies with him
- Chief → Hereditary office in a ranked lineage
- Head of state → Office backed by bureaucracy and force
Why
The ladder of leadership is a ladder of detachability: from personal respect, to personal achievement, to inheritable office, to an office that outlives every holder.
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