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roachboy, you took that in a completely different direction, I think. I don't really know what to say in response. All I can say is that it doesn't have to come down to a dictatorship.
I personally took that quote to be a sort of rhetoric. I agree with it, on a symbolic basis, because I feel like I know people (the population) and I know the depths of stupidity they are capable of reaching as a whole. This does not mean that I advocate the removal of the electoral process to acquire our government. It's a simple process of changing the options that people have to choose.
If you are a landlord and you want to attract high class residents, you fix your building up and raise the price. If you are responsible for your country and you want to attract dedicated people who are in it for the prospect of creatig a better country, not making money for themselves, then you switch the focus of the job from collecting money and opinions from organizations to a more hand-on-the-pulse situation.
Different conditions attract different possibilities, but the people will still be able to choose who they want. They'll just be chosing from more dedicated and skilled people.
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