[GOPJ]

It's a free county. If ‘the people’ want to elect a certain type - they will.

I'm OK with that.

There's never been a country run by ‘self appointed elites’ that didn't devolve into something horrible. The only exceptions are monarchies - which seem to work because the people running them are fulfilling a duty rather than hungering for control. And yeah, we could choose better leaders or create systems that would encourage better people to run... always room for improvement.

Would be happy to see ideas on how to make that possible.

[dsc]

“the people running them are fulfilling a duty rather than hungering for control”

Napoleon.
Kaiser Bill.
Hirohito.
William the Conqueror.
Richard Cour de Leon.
Ivan the Terrible.
Edward the Long Shanks.

The list goes on and on.