why is the world run by idiots?

[Averant]

Because they're humans and humans make mistakes, especially when you have money and power. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Only a sith deals in absolutes...

.....shit.

When did I become a sith? I thought of that phrase myself. Does that make me a natural sith? Am I evil?

.....

Awesome...

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I always thought of it as "Why do I rule over idiots" from the rulers perspective.

Heh, the entirety of the Saga of Seven Suns series runs on that.

 

[Wintermoot]

because most people favor charismatic people instead of intelligent people.

 

[mrmostlymittens]

why not?

 

[Kolby Jack]

Sometimes they are a product of the broken system they work in. Sometimes they are pressured by the people who's influence allows them to even hold their position. Sometimes they have bad intelligence to work with. The truth is, their positions and the decisions they make are often a lot more complicated than we are led to believe.

Sure, we should call out the leaders who make bad decisions because that's our duty, but we should make the effort to understand why they did what they did before we label them as "idiots," otherwise the only idiots in that situation are us.

 

[N7 Ruiz]

Because only fools want to rule the world all the sane people know that they will do damage to the world, in essence policing them selfs or we more than likely would have the Imperium of man right now.

 

[Spinozaad]

Because people are stupid.

Don't be so vain to think yourself better than those 'idiots'. Chances are very, very, very likely that you are not. If places were switched, you'd be as bad. Power and wealth change people.

Although one could say it's the ultimate case of the Peter Principle. If everybody gets promoted to the level of his or her incompetence, than everybody is too incompetent to stand at the top of the hierarchy.

 

[OpticalJunction]

They're the only ones willing to put up with the crap. Most people just live for themselves and concern themselves with very immediate needs.

 

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Hey, you think politicians and businessmen are bad? Could you see it getting any better in the hands of your average Joe on the street?

Yes, yes i could.

Seriously? Have you watched any reality TV or game shows shows lately? Do you know what the mental state of the 'average' person is these days?

Overall politicians actually are very good at their jobs. It might seem sometimes like they can't do anything right but that's because good news isn't big news. You want a high flying portion of society to aim you ire at, aim for the media corporations.

 

[Esotera]

Because they don't know any better, and because not enough people can be bothered to stop them or find a better solution to our problems.

Alternatively, God is a massive troll.

 

[StormShaun]

I looked at the question and I am going to write this.

"Meanwhile in Australia...100 years into the future, The R18+ rating has been finaly created for video games, too bad that video games do not exist now, because the goverment was so stupid that we got invaded and then the whole world got nuked" - Start of Fallout 4.

 

[likalaruku]

The world is run by assholes who don't care. The rest of us are just lazy idiots who do nothing to stand in their way.

 

[weinyweinstein]

Also, think about how tiny most districts are. In such a small talent pool, you're bound to get a bunch of idiots. That's why there is a clear difference between the House, Senate and those working in the Executive brach.

 

[Da pyro man 999]

Very good question, the reason that idiots run the place is because they have the money. How are we going to fix the situation, i here u ask, REVOLOUTION. and not in the jokey sence.

 

[Tibike77]

Well, this guy explains it best :
http://web.mclink.it/MC8216/stupid/chapters.htm (PDF chapters available free)
or
http://books.google.com/books?id=bjFPPMnLXqQC&pg=PP1&dq=Giancarlo+Livraghi+%22The+Power+of+Stupidity%22#v=onepage&q&f=false (also quite free to read)

Or if you prefer, the much older, much smaller essays that started it all:
The Power of Stupidity (part1) : http://web.mclink.it/MC8216/stupid/stupid.htm
The Power of Stupidity (part2) : http://web.mclink.it/MC8216/stupid/stupid2.htm
The Stupidity of Power : http://web.mclink.it/MC8216/stupid/stupid3.htm

 

[spartan231490]

Because there are more stupid people than smart people, so statistically, it's just more likely.

Now that cant be right, to become a politician or highly paid business man/woman you have to have so many qualifications and years of experience. Perhaps those things alienate them from the rest of the population?

Why can't that be right? because you need qualifications and years of experience? None of those things make you any smarter. Stupid is forever.

 

[TheSteeleStrap]

Maybe because a lot of those people had rich parents, so they fell into the money. As a result, they never had to learn anything about the real world. So now they're huge idiots and they are in charge of shit.

 

[Gluzzbung]

tradition

 

[White_Hawk]

Because everyone is an idiot.
You too.
And me.

yep.

 

[Suicida1 Midget]

Cause thanks to us needing a leader, we gave political parties money. When one person gets money, and power, they naturally want more. Ever since while we dont do anything about the democrats and rebulicans, they continue to get money, just to continue the cycle of getting their guys into places of power to take money outta the country and put it into repeating the process.

Any form of government to work propery needs a truely random selection process for limited amounts of time. Otherwise money talks. And when only 3%of a populace has any influnce, it getts a little difficult to get anything else in.