It should come as no surprise that those who make decisions in a country are politicians. As little should the surprise be that these people come from across society, they are not a homogeneous  Anybody is allowed to become a politician, it does not require any particular skill.

In the meantime, it is said that philosophers make bad politicians. While philosophers have thoughts and ideas, theories and hypotheses, politicians have opinions. This is why anybody can become a politician. All it requires is that you have got opinions. Politics do not require your opinions to be logical, rational or in any other way sane. As long as you’ve got an opinion, in you go.

However charming the idea seem that anybody will make a politician, the idea itself is in fact rather flawed. A state has nothing to gain from a politician whose opinions are based on fairytales and whose proposals seek to ruin everything. One might argue that the effects still may yield positive result, however, that is not the point here. It is not sane to have people argue for their opinion when their opinion is based on vast misunderstandings and lack of knowledge. This is generally how bad decisions More >