The author implies that, like scholars, successful leaders:

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The author implies that, like scholars, successful leaders:

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A.
today know how to create social cohesion better than in the past.
B.
know how to balance truth and social unity.
C.
need to leverage both types of power to remain in office.
D.
use myths to attain the first type of power.

Option B is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

According to the author, scholars have known for thousands of years that ‘the advantages of increased social cohesion are often so big that fictional stories routinely triumph over the truth in human history’ and that this is ‘why scholars often had to decide whether they served the truth or social harmony’. Here, the author implies that scholars know how to balance truth on the one hand and social unity on the other.