General elections are largely a mechanism for resolving conflicts and not for finding competent leaders.
Historically, people have fought to select leaders. Such a system puts the strongest and most brutal in power.
Now we let people talk and then vote. It's a mechanism for resolving conflicts that has been extremely successful at its job.
This is, btw, why freedom of speech is so important and why it's exactly whose we least want to hear, who must to be able to speak. We resolve conflicts with people we have conflicts with, not people we agree with. Talk about it or fight about it. Talking has led to, probably, the most peaceful period of human history.
Historically, people have fought to select leaders. Such a system puts the strongest and most brutal in power.
Now we let people talk and then vote. It's a mechanism for resolving conflicts that has been extremely successful at its job.
This is, btw, why freedom of speech is so important and why it's exactly whose we least want to hear, who must to be able to speak. We resolve conflicts with people we have conflicts with, not people we agree with. Talk about it or fight about it. Talking has led to, probably, the most peaceful period of human history.