It's more then that. They want someone to take complete control and get them everything they want, no matter who they have to step on,
That's what I'm getting at, though. If these people actually tried to think for themselves, they would realize that this is not going to happen, that there is no way to guarantee anyone/any law they give absolute power/control to is actually going to bring about the plan they want.
See, if you are the sort of selfish person who wants a person elected because you want that person to pay more attention to your agendum than to doing the "greater good" like they're supposed to, then it unequivocally follows that you are only going to support people
you have already determined to be "less honorable" than the norm, because if they WERE honorable...then you wouldn't be able to influence them! And then when you also remove accountability so the "bad people" can't interfere, turns out you remove your
own ability to compel them to carry out your grand vision. They are no longer under your geas, the "
Shirley Exception" isn't a real thing, and really what ends up happening is that they ultimately use the power you gave them to do what
they want. And when you incredulously whine to them about how "I thought we had a deal!"
even though the whole reason you specifically chose them in the first place was because you knew you could count on them to disobey, surprise surprise, they really did just do that. Welcome to Leopardtown.
THAT'S what I mean by "because they don't want to think," because if they DID bother to think, they would know their plan was doomed from the start, and not thinking means they get to ignore that uncomfortable fact.
This whole thing is becoming the literal political equivalent of yelling, "Jesus! Take the wheel!" thinking that doing so will somehow absolve them of all personal responsibility. Idiots.
--Patrick