why is the world run by idiots?

[Kanlic]

A sort of serious/un-serious question.
why do world leaders do all the crap they do?
why to the leaders of global company's and banks do stupid things?
I know were all human but COMMON...
leave your thoughts and creative answers please.

plain and simple the people on top are the hardest workers. It doesn't mean that they have the brains to get to where they are, or the mental fortitude, they just have the drive to do it.

 

[SilentBobsThoughts]

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...

 

[Sinclair Solutions]

it's a DAMN good question. And the rather disappointing answer is: Because we let them.

Have you seen that look on John Boehner's face every time he's pressured by the Tea Party? Yeah, that's what they nearly all feel all the time.

So give them a break.

Yes but why is Boehner pained? The tea party. Those guys are idiots. I feel kind of sorry for him that he's got to negotiate with his own party :/.

Because he still relies on their votes.

OT: Running something is a difficult task. Much harder than we think it is. Politicians have to deal with dozens of issues and the hundreds of viewpoints of all their constituents, advisors, fellow politicians, etc. No one makes a decision without thinking it will actually work, though it rarely turns out that way. They also have to worry about getting reelected, so they have to deal with lobbyists and the desires of the people who vote for them, regardless of how silly those concerns may be. AND, they have to deal with the press, who hound politicians like Congressmen and Cabinet members on a minute basis (THAT, in particular, is Theodore Roosevelt's fault.)

As difficult as this may be, this does not excuse corruption. Corruption is caused not only by weak moral fiber, but the numerous temptations surrounding a politician on a daily basis. I've always thought that the amount of power and social standing a politician has can lead to feelings of invulnerability and the ability to do whatever one wishes.

It's a complicated system and I think most people would fall into the same pitfalls, regardless of their social standing or personality. The reason we elect such people to begin with is most likely due to the fact that they are incredibly charismatic and know how to tell people what they want to hear.

 

[KoalaKid]

Because they're the ones with all the money and/or charisma.

This would be my answer as well leaning more towards the idea that they have all the money.

 

[Infernai]

Because the smart people are smart enough to NOT get involved with Politics.

 

[Watchmacallit]

Well in most democratic parties we get to vote one of two groups into power.

No, not political parties, either rich people of old people.

NEITHER can relate to a majority of the population. Its easier to stay rich but harder to live for the average people.

Democracy really is shit because we really don't get a choice of who goes to power...

The recent election in Australia was a hung vote. Nobody wanted either of the parties to go into power but we had to choose one of them because they are our only options. Its so fucking stupid and it won't change.

 

[kokoska]

if you think you can do better, go for it. put up or shut up.

 

[gg4u2]

The idiots are just puppets of some very very clever Demagogue

 

[Jfswift]

That's easy. People who are incompetent tend to get pushed up the ranks faster. It's a known fact.

 

[PonceyMcTosserFaic]

because most intelligent people don't get laid. and people fear what they don't understand.

 

[charlest92]

IMHO, it's a mixture of:

A) Because the general public, IE, us, keeps voting for them and supporting them into power.

B) They aren't idiots, it's just that the general public finds it easier to abuse them rather than research the issue so they can actually understand why the decision was made.

C) Every decision is going to hurt someone, and that someone is going to be very vocal about why it is a massive disaster for the country, as they equate themselves with everyone else.

D) Nobody cares about all the vital but boring decisions world leaders have to make until they get one wrong.

E)Bad shit is going to happen unless a government is replaced periodicly. Too often and you get the chaos of Africa not often enough you get corrupt power abuse of The United States.

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.
? Tacitus, Annals

The greater the number of laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
? Lao-tzu

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
? Edmund Burke

 

[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.