“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.”
Same sentiment, funny presentation. What is it with British authors and this line of thinking?
I’ve been thinking that the way around this problem would be to abolish elections and decide all offices by random lottery. Single terms, and can’t be refused or avoided.
Edit: forgot to attribute; it’s Douglas Adams, “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”