Comments by "" (@lonevoice) on "Something has to explain why politicians are now so bad" video.

This is another aspect of why national leadership by an individual just doesn't work. It might have been relevant in the medieval era but is now damaging and often dangerous.
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@louisehogg8472 We certainly don't want leadership to be influenced by the wealthy. My point is that national leadership by any individual doesn't work. Far too often we see that leaders mislead once in power, push the boundaries and the public never really know what they are getting. In the modern era this unpredictability creates risk and is dangerous. Any semblance of stability in the world today is precarious and at some point our luck will run out. The only solution that I can see is for leadership to be in the hands of a small cross party group of MPs (in the case of the UK). They may appoint a chairman and spokesperson to represent the leadership group but the group would have control. They would be appointed by means of some form of PR election, preferably annually and largely electronically (much like the submission of Tax Returns). Having it annually would reduce short terms and enable better long term planning. The above is just a broad outline but in reality is unlikely to ever be implemented. There is no discussion of anything along these lines. The powerful and wealthy influencers wouldn't like it and would interfere. Even if something like this was established in one country it is unlikely to be replicated elsewhere. As you can probably gather, I am not optimistic about the ability of our species to survive. At some point I think that our luck will run out. I wish that I could do something about it but can't. I just accept that. Apart from adding comments like this, I just get on with life.
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