The Horrific State of Global Leadership.

Great, we can waste even more time and money for what should have been cleared up in the preliminaries by you and the rest of the populace voting for what candidates would be in the main election.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

Price is worth it to me. I consider the advantage in being able to effectively reject candidates quite valuable. Same reason some places require a run-off for a majority, not just a plurality.

Waste is an opinion. For you, it's wasted. For me, it'll be money well spent.

edited 17th May '11 8:36:27 PM by blueharp

That's great but last I checked, most people (read: majority) have their minds already made up before they go voting. If you really want to fix things, have people care about who they're going to vote for during the preliminaries and then make them care for who they're going to vote for before parties get involved.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

I'd still insist on the option. I consider it vitally important.

Great, I recommend trying to pass the bill in congress and seeing if you get a majority vote. Some might abstain though.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.

I said Plz!

edited 17th May '11 8:47:50 PM by blueharp

People don't know how much shit leaders have to deal with until they find themselves in a position of influence and trust with the world and potentially millions of lives on their shoulders. Then they go "oh shit" and try to do their best, knowing that they will be hated FOREVER.

Do you remember that convoluted Afghanistan Powerpoint slide with hundreds of bubbles and arrows going all over the place? That's what Global Leaders face every day * 7,000,000,000 humans * 300+ countries * 1 Earth for the rest of their lives

Why do you think heads of state age so quickly in between terms?

edited 17th May '11 11:38:19 PM by victorinox243

To be a bit more specific, the problem is that the skills that make somebody a great leader are different from the skills that make somebody a great campaigner. No matter how great a leader you are, if you can't get elected/appointed, you're never going to have the authority to use that talent. If you're great at getting into candidacies and winning elections/appointments? It doesn't really matter what you do once you're sitting in the chair.

Eric,

There's also the problem of not being able to pass laws unilaterally, you need tons of support from other politicians. So even if you were somehow a houdini at getting elected without having to suck up to special interests, you'd still have to suck up to other politicians. Politicians who did have to suck up to special interests.

Look, you can't make me speak in a logical, coherent, intelligent bananna.