[NMC EXP]

...sometimes leaders do know better (i.e., more knowledge and/or more brains)...

Mencken said it better than I can:

“The theory behind representative government is that superior men--or at all events, men not inferior to the average in ability and integrity--are chosen to manage the public business, and that they carry on this work with reasonable intelligence and honesty. There is little support for that theory in the known facts.” -- H.L. Mencken

Regards

J.R.

[Pistias]

Sadly, I have no argument. The people are responsible for choosing good leaders, and we have failed time and again.