Presidential Systems Downplay Less Popular But Credible Leaders In Exchange For Popular But Very Stupid Leaders

Here's a funny comic where you have Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro and Joseph "Erap" Estrada talking about their losses. Gibo says that he lost because he wanted to stop mass starvation and poverty. Erap however stupidly thinks (at least in this comic) that the latter wanted to stop masturbation. This reminds me of what's wrong with the presidential system. To say that the problem is just the people but not in the system (while one is a systems engineer like some 4Ps-obsessed old man) is to refuse to see that people AND systems go together. The problem with that 4Ps-obsessed old man is that he'd rather treat the symptoms without knowing the cause or stick to what he already knows than discover new stuff for better development. He loves the 1987 Constitution and says it's among the best while he hypocritically lives in Australia which has a way better constitution.

The presidential system uses popularity-based democracy. It doesn't matter how credible the person is when it's a presidential system. Let a more popular but more stupid person step in place and stupid becomes winnable. Presidential democracies are nothing more than tyrannies of the majority. The idea of democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. It's not a government that's only for the majority, of the majority and by the majority. The minority are still part of the people and excluding the majority isn't a democracy. But that's what the presidential system is. Hopefully, the Dilawans have now seen how the presidential system isn't working now that they've become the hated minority. The use of popularity-based democracy creates cartoon politics. Why do you think the legislation is usually filled with popular celebrities who KNOW NOTHING about ruling a country than credible people like doctors and lawyers? Why do you think Jose De Venecia a credible leader lost the election to Erap who's a more popular but very stupid leader? De Venecia could've brought in better reforms for the Philippines than Erap himself. Then Gibo himself lost to Noynoy Aquino. Noynoy only won because of the Aquino surname. Although the Yellows are now on the bottom list it doesn't mean there won't be more stupid candidates to take their places. Remember, it's like a hydra head -- until you burn down the necks then more heads will grow!

A concern for some people who use the Nirvana fallacy is, "But what about political dynasties and popularity-based politics? It will worsen under the parliamentary form of government!" They need to study the politics of parliamentary countries to see why popularity-based politics won't work there. They are parliamentary countries. Singapore wasn't always the way it was. Some say that it was economic liberalization that got Singapore the way it became but that's just partly true. Singapore implemented a parliamentary form of government which makes it more effective than progressive countries that have a presidential form of government. They need to see that the parliamentary system is driven by credibility. True, the most popular party still wins the seat because it's majority wins the Government Seat. However, the minority that lost the elections are given an equal opportunity to be listened to. The Government and Opposition all belong to the Parliament. Weekly TELEVISED debates would get rid of stupid people whether it's from the Majority or Minority. That way, incompetent people can't stand and their respective sides would have the right to invoke for their removal.

Again, it's all about systems. One can argue that you can have a bad driver and a good car. However, a bad car can ruin a good driver. Having a good handler and a good tool is vital for a good workplace. It doesn't matter how competent your encoders are -- give them desktop computers that don't work well and don't expect them to pass their reports on time. Give your skilled carpenters faulty materials to work with and don't expect them to do a good job. That's what the presidential system is too. Presidential systems give the best people the worst of tools. Besides, it has also caused credible leaders to finally throw away their credibility for stupidity and popularity in order to win.