Chapter XIV from The Little Teal Book
The socialist state is, first and foremost, a state built by, for, and of the people. The state ought not put any pressure or title of nobility on to any individual. It can, however, be stated that in charisma — in leadership — there exists another dualism. A system of charismatic leadership, what some may call a "cult of personality," has a positive and negative component. The goal is not necessarily to create new forms of hierarchy and monarchal governance, but to have a symbol of the nation who can guide the people when necessary towards the open arms of the party. Of us is asked, "Can our socialist state maintain charisma without sliding into personality cults?" to which we can authoritatively respond with dual direction. On point A, the reactionary state will always refer to any charismatic or popular leadership as a "cult of personality" for they are incapable of recognizing any truly democratic leadership. On point B, it is not only possible, but intrinsically necessary to build a charismatic movement and charismatic leadership to ensure the stability of the revolution.
A truly charismatic leader serves as the shepherd of the revolution. A Revolutionary Maternal Spirit of the Creolized Nations serves not as an organ of government, but as a representative of the state and of the American Nation that can not be toppled. Respected Comrade Kim Il Sung wrote about the party as the "general staff of the revolution." He also framed the leader of the party as the "foremost leader of the revolution." For it is those revolutionary leaders that give purpose and direction to the party and to the masses. It has already been noted that to lead a revolution without a revolutionary organization would be "infantile and dangerous," but also worth saying is that without a strong, charismatic leadership authority, the people may become distanced from their revolution and the revolution from the people. Organizing a popular revolution is necessitated by a degree of popularity that must exist among the leadership.
The American Nation is frequently referred to with the duality of the sword and shield. The sword of the nation is the revolutionary current coded into the blood of the workers, peoples of color, queer, and marginalized of whom the nation is made; the shield of the nation is the multiplied existing privilege of those same people. The sword and shield, however must be brandished by a soldier. A revolutionary guide ought to serve as the soldier, a figurehead for the nation to whom the people can look up and be reminded that their state is under protection. In order to remain revolutionary, the office must eternally hold that it derives its power from the people and their representatives. In all actuality, the organization our party should be governed by collective and democratic action. There is not a "supreme leader" of our party, so much as a Supreme People's Leadership Authority (SPLA) that derives its true and fundamental power from the will of the American Nation.
Among the SPLA should be leaders from all sectors of life. Military, industry, the marginalized, and those institutions of culture should all be represented in the SPLA. The chair of such an authority would in theory hold more soft power than organizational power. The chair of the SPLA should be bound to the fundamental criteria that they have only the authority delegated to them by the people or their representatives. Any sort of authoritative leadership must serve with the advice and consent of the people they are governing, while simultaneously serving as a revolutionary guide for the masses and the party. The revolutionary guide of our creolized nations must be unambiguously committed to the our socialist nation and to the defense of the people. They carry the sword and shield of the party, and thereby enact the will of the nation.
What is worth careful consideration is line that lay in between a personified revolutionary spirit and a quasi-monarch of a sort. The appointment of some individual to the title of being a revolutionary spirit for the nation should not under any circumstances confer any sort of mandate of heaven, nor should it confer the right of any individual to violate the constitution, nor deprive any member of the nation of their personal autonomies. The supreme leadership authority of the state lies with the people. To repeat again, under a socialist state that is representative of the American Nation, the supreme leadership authority rests with the American Nation. The revolutionary spirit of the nation is only powerful insofar as she complies and personifies the American Nation and its revolutionary character.
