French-German friendship

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Catfish

I sometimes wonder, how in a democracy people like Mr. Sarkozy, or Berlusconi, can become the head of state, with an IQ of a potato.

People can vote for them, that simple. Which makes it the people having the IQ of a potato - Berlusconi and Sarkozy just stay with their own nature, making hay while the sun is still shining for them.

Democracy does not solve this basic problem that also can ruin feudalism: hat somebody is called a king does not necessarily mean he is a good character and a competent leader. And that somebody got elected in a poll does not mean he is a good character and a competent leader. the king maybe just was lucky in the birth lottery or he was an as capable intiguer has his democratically elected counterpart, and the elected leader maybe is just a gifted liar and manipulator.

It is often said the advanatge of democracies is that you can vote people out of office. But nothing speaks against decapitating a bad king either. Which is the much better solution, because in our world, candidates who got kicked out of office tend to fall the ladder upwards and appear again in some other office sooner or later. Also, the regular election circus also paralyses that little of reason and sense of reality that has survived in politcs so far these days. not that it makes a huge difference, though, but these days you become thankful for even most minimal signs of intelligent life on Earth.

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

personally we should have negotiated Germany out of WW2 and let them keep france.

Wouldn't have saved Boeing from having to face Messerschmitt instead of Airbus.