<![CDATA[The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country.]]>The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f3f45df0-d4de-402a-8c6f-1c7eb6a83ff1/the-fatal-flaw-with-democracy-is-that-the-skills-required-to-convince-people-to-vote-for-you-are-completely-unrelated-to-the-skills-required-to-successfully-run-a-country.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 14:57:41 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2026 15:55:05 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:44:35 GMT]]>@DrorBedrack @anon_opin

Also, and probably inspired by that:

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job"

- Douglas Adams

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/rayk/statuses/116688360277317719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/rayk/statuses/116688360277317719Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:44:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:06:30 GMT]]>@anon_opin the person most qualified to be a president would never be stupid enough to take the job.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shakedown.social/users/Conville/statuses/116688210548072037https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shakedown.social/users/Conville/statuses/116688210548072037Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:06:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:35:28 GMT]]>@anon_opin
If that's a fact then I guess we're lucky that it's not the fact that most people are too stupid to vote for what's in their best interest.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/janneke/statuses/116688088489660600https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/janneke/statuses/116688088489660600Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:35:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:49:12 GMT]]>@anon_opin that was the general idea... Then lobbying and big corporations, etc, etc

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sr3/statuses/116687434734002770https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sr3/statuses/116687434734002770Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:49:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:39:55 GMT]]>@anon_opin that's the point of a political party, a group of like minded individuals group together and choose someone to be the front man and then when elected, the best for the job within that party get to work.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sr3/statuses/116687398235293753https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/sr3/statuses/116687398235293753Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:39:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country. on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:38:43 GMT]]>@anon_opin - Plato , 378 BCE probaby

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DrorBedrack/statuses/116687393472174840https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/DrorBedrack/statuses/116687393472174840Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:38:43 GMT