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"It comes from a very ancient democarcy, you see."

"You mean it comes from a world of lizards?"

"No...on its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards & the lizards rule the people."

"Odd, I thought you said it was a democracy."

"I did. It is."

"So why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"

"It honestly doesn't occur to them. They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."

"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"

"Oh yes, of course."

"But why?"

"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, the wrong lizard might get in."

‒"So Long & Thanks for All the Fish"