“Every tyrant from
Mao to Perón rules in the name of the people; his claim does not lessen their
suffering. Every leader of every democracy rules in the name of the people,
too, but their suffering, if they suffer, leads to his downfall, by way of
their votes (which used to be called their “voices”). Still, “the voice of the
People” is a figure of speech. “Government requires make-believe,” the
historian Edmund S. Morgan once gently explained. “Make believe that the king
is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice
of the people is the voice of God. Make believe that the people have a voice or
make believe that the representatives of the people are the people.”” ---
On a lighter note, The Simpsons on the 2016 Presidential Election