A King maker is someone who has the onus to choose or make another king over his people. In the act of making or choosing a king the one who has the final say is the king maker. This means that whatever the king maker says will indicate the direction the people will follow in making their king. For someone to become a king means he receives the authority to command and decide what goes on in his kingdom. When such authority is instilled on him, in most cases he lives above the laws of the land. And even the king maker is subject to him. This is what plays out in every human dominated authority. And democracy is one of the ways people have chosen to select their leaders.

In democracy one of the apparatus use in selecting a leader is called election. And during election people leave their houses to go and vote for whoever is their choice. At the end of the exercise, whoever that earned the majority vote is crowned the leader. So democracy is a political game or an exercise that its merit is based on numbers. The one who earns the highest number wins the election.

In a democratic setting, the contenders have the privilege to make their intentions for the people known. They ideologically run their campaigns based on issues they have identified that they have the solution. Many of them do come with brilliant ideas and have good oratory in their speeches. Through this medium they ingratiate themselves into the hearts of the people who flow in and within their thought level.

Thought level here becomes an issue because many as well will not buy their ideas simply because they lack understanding. Therefore, since democracy is a game of numbers though they have good ideas or manifestos and the majority didn’t buy their ideas the result will be against them. So in democracy there is what is called foolish majority. Here foolish majority are those who cast their votes not based on ideology but based on sentiments.

This implies that one of the flaws of democracy is that it allows sentiments to rule in its process. So people can cast their votes based on ethnicity, religion, tribalism and bigotry etc. The negative implication of this is that someone whose ethnicity is in the minority may not win election. Though he or she has good leadership ideas and agendas, those will not count. This is because the vote of the foolish majority will throw those ideas and agendas into the dust bin. And surprisingly, many vote for someone because he’s good looking and appears gentle not because he has something to offer. And many vote against someone because he came from a tribe they don’t like. Notwithstanding that he has better ideas and can inscrutably execute those them. The king maker in most democratic dispensation are the foolish majority, simply because the democratic system allows them.
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I see this as a problem also.
So I figured out that if Nigeria got rid of the office of the president and replaced it with a Council/Committee/Board Of Directors;
It would solve a lot of our problems.

Here is my thread:https://www.nairaland.com/5062648/nigeria-should-more-than-one

The Thread is titled "Nigeria Should Have more than one president"

Thought level here becomes an issue because many as well will not buy their ideas simply because they lack understanding. Therefore, since democracy is a game of numbers though they have good ideas or manifestos and the majority didn’t buy their ideas the result will be against them. So in democracy there is what is called foolish majority. Here foolish majority are those who cast their votes not based on ideology but based on sentiments.

This implies that one of the flaws of democracy is that it allows sentiments to rule in its process. So people can cast their votes based on ethnicity, religion, tribalism and bigotry etc.

Having a board of directors solves this issue;If people have one vote;they are going to vote foolishly.
However if they had several votes,most of their votes would be based on how good the candidates are;
Just think:If the Nigerian people had five choices at election,do you think all their votes would be for Northern Muslims?
No!Maybe one will be for Buhari and the other four choices would be young candidates with ideas and no criminal history.