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By *lynJ OP Man 4 days ago
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Douglas Adams correct when he wrote:
The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
[For president also read Prime minister.]
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By *avinaTVTV/TS 4 days ago
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A quick look at the sort of people you get in positions of political power across the world and throughout history would tend to confirm that.
It's a variation on the old Groucho Marx quip about never joining a club that would have you as a member.
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I mean you could resolve the issue by decentralising power and increasing direct democracy, rather than simply electing leaders every 5 years.
Or we could just carry on and moan about it not working for another century. |
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