Political leaders should withhold information from the public.
Generally hiding information from the mass people seems cynical, but sometimes it is a requisite. Hence, I mostly agree with the prompt that all information should not be made public by a prudent political leader for some reasons.
Admittedly, concealing vital information from the public is an impediment to democracy. When citizens are not aware of the workings of their leader, there will not be a need for any explanation for deeds done by the electorate, thereby the leader can do whatever he/she wants regardless of its benefits or harms. Consequently, an autocratic regime can rise and democracy can be effaced, which obviously will be malevolent for the public in the long run. Paragons like Hitler and Mussolini are sufficient to exemplify the above illustration. They were adept in demagoguery and made people unaware of what they were actually doing while diverting people’s attention to gather their support. Certainly, we all know the consequences, that ended up with the devastating second world war. The above discussion only explains the keen necessity of having a transparent political leader.
However, sometimes it is highly required to hide plans and procedures in public in order for the greater good of the citizens themselves. Because promulgating secret information to the public might be a threat to national safety and security. For example, if a leader discloses the strategies for capturing drug trafficking groups, the plan will be failed certainly. Additionally, unveiling critical news might spread panic among the masses. For instance, a malfunction in a nuclear plant should not be disclosed until the problem is solved because it might arouse panic among general people. But after solving the issue, the news will not harm the people. Therefore, sometimes, it is a prerequisite to conceal information for a leader.
Moreover, if all the pros and cons of a leader are made public, it may create an image crisis. Because, it is hard to find any person without fault even the most honest person might have some foibles in his/her character, and thereby only a few politicians will ever be elected if people are going to find a leader without any blemish in his character. Secondly, any weakness of a leader, when revealed, is a weapon for his/her opponent and therefore put the leader down in the political game. For winning a diplomatic game for the broader development of the country, a leader must be in an advantageous position in a political game. Thirdly, any scandal of a leader might cause the end of his/her political tenure. For example, US president Richard Nixon had to resign for his engagement in the "Watergate” scandal, similar examples could be found throughout the world.
To sum up, hiding information may seem unethical and harmful but sometimes it is necessary for the overall development of a nation. Therefore, a leader needs to distinguish between what to publish and what not to for the benefit of the people he/she is ruling and for himself.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, consequently, hence, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, while, for example, for instance, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 19.5258426966 128% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 11.3162921348 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 31.0 33.0505617978 94% => OK
Preposition: 58.0 58.6224719101 99% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2519.0 2235.4752809 113% => OK
No of words: 493.0 442.535393258 111% => OK
Chars per words: 5.10953346856 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71206996034 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92908334308 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 260.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.52738336714 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 808.2 704.065955056 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.77640449438 169% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 4.38483146067 23% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.2370786517 119% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 23.0359550562 87% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.9068287 60.3974514979 74% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.958333333 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5416666667 23.4991977007 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.5 5.21951772744 125% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 10.2758426966 107% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 11.0 5.13820224719 214% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.262154689541 0.243740707755 108% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0840107182962 0.0831039109588 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0795164720383 0.0758088955206 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.174476957852 0.150359130593 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0963407217766 0.0667264976115 144% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 14.1392134831 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 51.18 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 12.1743820225 91% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.89 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 133.0 100.480337079 132% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 11.2143820225 89% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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