You Did Not Decide to Drift. You Just Ran Out of Capacity.
The leader who has gone quiet on feedback is not being kind. They are running out of capacity to hold both care and honesty at the same time. That is not a personality choice. That is drift.
You Can Hold Your Values and Still Survive a Political System
The leader who survives a political system without losing themselves has not found a way to avoid the game. They have found a way to play it with integrity. That is a harder skill than either naivety or cynicism will give you.
