It is often by pushing an idea to its absurd limits that we can understand fully the implications. But how does a "reasonable" voice get heard in a noisy room when shouting louder than the neighbor is the only way to prevail? And that in the end is the dilemma and the reason why we end up with absurd, incompetent leaders. They have mastered and perverted the rules of the game, convincing people to give a try to ideas which should have been shot down earlier in a more balanced discussion. And even that is provided the voters are competent on the subject to start with!
No wonder we haven't found the solution to the problem yet. There may not be an easy one. But then who are you gonna trust: Technocrats, demagogues, the king, the mob? So no easy alternative either?
