I've just been re-reading Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I re-read it every so often just to clear out any cobwebs that have accumulated since the last time I read it.
Today, I read the bit about the planet -- one where everyone has the vote -- where the people are people, the lizards are the leaders, the people hate the lizards, and the lizards rule the people.
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they"ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
'Oh, yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in."
That's from Chapter 36 of So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish.
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
10:23:47 AM 
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