DO IDIOTS RULE THE WORLD?

IS THE PROBLEM THAT IDIOTS RULE - OR THE SYSTEM THAT PRODUCES THEM?On election night, November 8, 2016, the world froze. Then came Brexit, Hungary, Brazil, Poland. Each time the same disbelief: 'something is wrong here - but what?'The author offers a thesis that changes the perspective: bad leaders are not simply produced by bad people. They emerge from specific conditions - and once those conditions exist, the system begins to select exactly this kind of leader.This book explains the mechanism. It shows how the collapse of shared reality, disinformation, and social-media algorithms prepare the ground for populism, how fear and polarization shape political choices, and how power operates when institutions lose public trust.But this is not simply a book about politicians. It is a study of the relationship between human nature, society, information, and power. It asks why societies repeatedly fall into the same patterns - and why people can become convinced that they are making free and rational choices while being influenced by forces they barely notice.Written from the perspective of a witness who watched political change up close, the book connects politics with psychology, history, social mechanisms, and the changing information environment.For readers interested in politics, history, democracy, and the nature of power - and for anyone who wants to understand why modern democracies are becoming increasingly divided and vulnerable to manipulation.