Politicians are democratically elected and as such have to be competent at one thing only and that is to get elected. Unfortunately competence in public office is then a matter of chance or in fact even less than that. By that we mean that whenever there is a vested interest then it is likely that that the individual in that position will act according to their vested interest and not in the best interests of those dependent on the authority of that position. Equally politicians making money after they leave public office simply because they have held public office guarantees that those people will act in a way to benefit their time after they leave office. Public office is strictly to serve the public and the country. In reality those who control the media who control public opinion who are influenced to vote have really authority and their only aim is to be profitable and have the influence to continue in that role successfully. Just as parliament proved itself not fit for purpose over three years of unproductive Brexit chaos until Boris Johnson used style over substance to gain office and power we have a cold virus being allowed to reek havoc with normal life. It is a fact of life not a reason to stop life. Stopping life destroys society which is and of itself has not been a consideration up to now as hit has not been deemed news worthy. Until it is.
The unpalatable conclusion is that some form of dictatorship is the only way of providing strong leadership unfettered by the Rupert Murdochs of this world but innate in that is its own unique set of pitfalls. yet for centuries Monarchy and dictatorship with a strong dose of religion worked perfectly well or at least well enough to bring on the industrial revolution and our supposed current state of enlightenment. We have been saying for a long time that society is heading for collapse from which hierarchies of power , not competence, will arise once more, and if we are lucky there will be some kind of religion tempering it.