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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9788398292924
ISBN-10: 839829292X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pa¿ko, Marek Jan
Hersteller: Marek Jan Pa¿ko
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 210 x 148 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Marek Jan Pa¿ko
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2026
Gewicht: 0,491 kg
Artikel-ID: 136969751

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