What are the consequences of being a follower?

Question

What are the consequences of being a follower?

Answer 1

it makes society work, if everyone was a leader, nothing would ever get done, everyone would be trying to boss everyone else around. Ever heard the old and politically incorrect saying "too many chiefs and not enough indians?"

Answer 2

Depends on who or what you are following.

Follow a lemming, you might fall off a cliff.

Follow someone dropping money, you could get rich.

Follow Carlie Manson, you could end up very confused.

In the strictest sense of "being a follower", can rarely have good consequences because you are relinquishing your free will.

Answer 3

The consequences are that you'll be led in a direction of the leader's choosing.

Answer 4

It depends. Being a leader is overrated in some situations, and necessary in others. It depends on entirely what the situation is, who has more experience in dealing with it, etc.

Answer 5

The view never changes.

Answer 6

Who are you following?

Answer 7

Following who?  Or what?  It entirely depends on your circumstances.  If you are a rat for instance, then following the Pied Piper of Hamelin clearly isn't a good idea.  It is difficult to know without more details.

Answer 8

You have no say so and you have to do what the leader says.  Don't be a follower be a leader.

Answer 9

Collisions. Everyone should navigate their own ship

Answer 10

You follow instead of lead, for many people that would be a good thing.  There's nothing wrong with not wanting to be in charge, or in letting someone else run things as long as they are doing a good job.  Without good followers even the greatest leaders can accomplish nothing, just as Jesus needed his disciples.

Answer 11

Benefits:

1) No accountability

2)Sense of Belonging

3)Safety

4)No guilt for poor decision making

5)Less stress over risk or thinking for yourself

Problems:

1)Easily abused or taken advantage of

2)Trouble making decisions for yourself

3)Depends on others

4)May be instructed to act immorally or illegally

5)Disposable