Zoom out from the absurd people vying to rule us

The Absurdity of the Presidency
By Max Borders


** Zoom out from the absurd people vying to rule us and realize that a system of simple people vying to rule a complex society is itself absurd.
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There's a natural process of increasing complexity in the world. And we can recognize that at some point, that increase in complexity is going to run into the complexity of the individual. At that point, hierarchical organizations will fail.

—Yaneer Bar-Yam ([link removed])

We are the gawking bystanders of an absurd system. It’s not enough that we are expected to herd ourselves to the polls every four years. To do so, we must tell ourselves that the perennial choice between vomit and diarrhea is a duty—and that a popularity contest decided by the *median voter* in four swing states is a system worthy of our reverence.

Cue patriotic music.

Our leaders are chosen by *the people,* after all, not by the powerful acting with relative impunity to install puppets. (Record scratch.) Presidential absurdities would matter less if the Executive were limited to its constitutional mandate. But it is not. And the absurdity is compounded. Most think they can do nothing about this absurdity, if they think at all.

Every four years, we experience a spectacular tug-of-war between Team Red and Team Blue and tell ourselves it’s the best we can do. We ignore it or embrace it, bleating all the while.

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