Party machines should be less democratic and more hierarchical

 Party machines should be less democratic and more hierarchical

 

Both the Republican Party and Democratic Party multiple times failed to promote candidates, which deserve to lead the United States. The candidates had been promoted more on their promises, handsome appearance, and voice, than leadership merits. Who is able to objectively estimate the merits? People, who personally worked with candidates for years. 

Merit-based hierarchy is the principle behind the long-term survival of old democratic companies like John Deere or IBM. A person should be promoted by a search committee and pass the Board of Directors filter to be the CEO. Shareholders elect the Board, here is the democracy. 

Younger super companies imitate democracy. Apple was created and lead by authoritarian Steve Jobs, who was fired, but at the boundary of bankruptcy invited back. Steve Jobs worked with Tim Cook for many years before promoting him to CEO, it is the key to success. Tim Cook did not promise unrealistic goals and did not criticize his friends, it is also part of Apple's success. By the way, a similar hierarchical model is behind China's rise.

Primaries of any party produce unfit self-promoted activists unless a top dozen of party bosses (a search committee) does not promote a candidate, well known to them, who worked his way up inside the hierarchy. The fundraising model of democracy should be abandoned to make America great again.