The Best Man

 Elections

After watching the Best Man I realized how much even back in the 1960s there was disrespect between candidates for the election. I’ve heard accusations left and right for both candidates for the whole past year but this movie showed that even back then there were candidates trying to dig up anything they could find to get their opponent on the bad side of the people. I understand how important the election is because trillions of lives are affected by whoever becomes president but I do not think I personally believe in trying to use anything I could against my opponent, especially any violent actions. The fact that there have been multiple assassination attempts against the presidential candidates shows the state that we are currently in as a country when deciding for our future.

Politicians 

Politicians have been known to lie, cheat, and steal and I feel like if these people are supposed to be representing our country that they would be more respectful and do their job without needing to negatively affect those around them. These are the people who are supposed to be representing the voice of us as they are deciding on laws and making decisions so to use their own voice to lie, cheat, and steal, it's like using our voice to do those actions. Even if some of these actions are protected by our amendments, the politicians should hold themself to a higher standard than others and be better as people.

Leadership and Truth

There might not be any leaders who can fully go without telling a single lie but like politicians, leaders are supposed to represent their organization so they should hold themself to a higher standard. When a leader takes a negative action, it negatively impacts others so by telling a lie, it becomes hard to trust the entire organization. Subsequently, if a leader is truthful then an organization will seem trustworthy and more people will be inclined to both work for that organization or consume their products. For a longer lasting successful business, a leader should remain truthful, both to their employees and to their consumers.