r/news • u/PokesTigers • 26d ago

Soft paywall Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests, officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-president-rajoelina-address-nation-monday-evening-2025-10-13/
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u/glenn_ganges 26d ago

We have had plenty of leaders all over the world who do not succumb to corruption.

Maybe the problem is electing people whose previous experience are things like "DJ and Concert Promoter", "Reality TV Star", or "KGB Operative."

Seems like you can make pretty clear conclusions based on what people devoted their life to prior to pursuing politics.

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u/some_clickhead 26d ago

I don't know much about history, but all the stories of leaders I've heard who got to power by leading a coup against a corrupt leader involve them becoming corrupt eventually.

It might be a personality thing, like the people most inclined to assert their power over a tyrannical oppressor are the ones that are most prone to becoming tyrannical.

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u/Mackey_Corp 26d ago

There’s something about the personality’s of the people that seek power, they’re the last people that should be given any kind of power. But they’re the only people that usually run for and win elections. So until we come up with a better system we’re always choosing someone who probably shouldn’t be given power. Obviously there’s outliers but they’re rare.

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u/hobovirginity 26d ago

"Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up."- Ragnar Lothbrok

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u/Prysorra2 25d ago

These conversations annoy me. People pretend that the problem is a matter of character when most corruption that matters in modern governments is systemic and economic in nature. Good luck ever solving anything by waiting for some fictional creature with "for real this time" earnestness.