卡里斯玛 leader 虽然享受万众顶礼膜拜颂圣洗地，但是像以前说起过的，according to Weber 同学，他的日子也不是那么轻松 -- 他要努力向他的 followers 提供 proof。一旦 proof fails， followers 的信仰也会随之丧失（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.
如传人兄所言，“强人”的英雄形象，“君临地球”的快感，是“热情爱好者”群体里的一大卖点。“强人”不但提供了有强人大腿可抱的安心踏实感，也提供了通过 self-identification 仗强人人势假君王虎威的骄傲自豪感（看网络上有多少“代教主立言”、“代朝廷立言” :-)）
历史上常见记载某朝某地一众善男信女再建庙宇、重塑金身的“美谈”。几乎在这次“强人”形象破功的同时，其“金身”“among followers”就第一时间被“重塑”，好像不但“光环”未减，“charismatic authority”也是有增无减。而且不止这一次，一年多来有目共睹的 N 次 TACO，“among followers”也不是“或最赢”，就是从胜利走向胜利。更何况还有一茬一茬的韭菜收割， also "among followers" :-)
所以 Weber 同学生也早矣。如果晚生100年，不但会赞同总射击师“我们的人民太好了”的感叹，《Economy and Society》里也会多出一章，“Ideal Followers” :-)
另外，指出“另一种更好更有效的关税”是转进，还是需要冰冷的逻辑思维。而逻辑思维和 charismatic devotion 是 antinomy par excellence :-)
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