The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Who sets the values

There is much debate nowadays on whether the populace is wagging the tail or the leadership. Are the values set by the populace or those in leadership? Is it top-down or bottom-up? <br><br>If we look back at the OT era, it appears that the leadership set the values. I can think of only Daniel's time that the populace may have taken the lead. Not sure. Most of the time, the populace was grumbling or willing to take off in a disobedient direction unless the leadership reigned them in. <br><br>If that is true, does it teach us anything about the present day? <br>