fatvegan

I clever person once said "Don't vote for anyone who wants to be your leader." I'm inclined to agree. Why do we need an individual running the country? What's wrong with a whole lot of elected delegates and a facilitator to stop things from getting crazy? I wonder if the reason people are so keen to have someone "in charge" is because it means we don't have to be. Democracy is a scary thing. In one sense it's comforting to feel like there is some superman running things and making sure the rest of us don't stuff things up. But the whole point of democracy is that the people are in charge. I think that having single leaders blurs the line a little between democracy and authoritarianism. Not much, but enough. If you think about when a single leader is useful, it's in cases like war and internal conflict. Someone who can make decisions quickly without having to debate with and persuade those around them. Surely there is a role for that. Possibly there is, but if so we should aknowledge that there isn't as much difference between ourselves and the Chinas and Cubas as we pretend.