Sunday, November 11, 2007

Who should be the president of the universe

Hitchhikers guide to galaxy is so much fun, i dont mean the book Hitchhikers guide to galaxy about which they speak in the book Hitchhikers guide to galaxy, i mean the book Hitchhikers guide to galaxy itself which then in turn speaks about the book Hitchhikers guide to galaxy to make things a bit confusing....neways here is an excerpt ->


The major problem – one of the major problems, for there are several – one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.

To summarize: it is a well known fact, that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are the problem.

And so this is the situation we find: a succession of Galactic Presidents who so much enjoy the fun and palaver of being in power that very very rarely notice that they are not.

And somewhere in the shadows behind them – who?

Who can possibly rule if no one who wants to do it can be allowed to?

2 comments:

i-me-moi said...

i swear if u read through all of the 5 books will u realize it's not all fun. there's satire in there.

cheers

bob floyd said...

i think there is lot of satire in this piece also...not 2 mention the conversation with the ruler of the universe