Perhaps, are you sure ? ^^ The 'alternative' is precisely what human beings have accepted and been comfortable with for millenia. The idea that an elite of psychopaths would give a greater sense of 'security' is the most far-fetched. People are usually terrified of such a perspective, and will remove any suggestion of it from their mind. Add to that their feeling of bonding with those elites due to nationalist opinions, their uneasiness with the thought of having a responsability in the setting up of such a government (it was elected by them after all...), that their institutions they're usually so proud of might be flawed after all, to have allowed such a frightening situation. A world made of coincidences, random events and mere incompetence really appears more reassuring and comfortable to live with to most. And it is truer in our developed countries, where people assume more easily their government to be benevolent, and blinds them more to the evidence of government wrongdoings....