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Why don't countries add harder requirements for becoming a President(Like having a PhD/master degree, having a certain amount of experience in politics,...etc)? (piefed.world)
submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/questions/p/1499200/why-don-t-countries-add-harder-requirements-for-becoming-a-president-like-having-a-decor

It seems to me the obvious next step.

I mean if other jobs requirements like IT and even accounting had started asking for more certifications and experience to work, then why the heck shouldn't presidents get asked to be more qualified for their jobs?

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[–] 3 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

Systems that begin at the local level and fully integrate the selection process tend to place higher value on competency.

Just because the system begins at a local level does not mean that it selects for someone with higher competency.

At least if your definition of competency is a skilled leader that wants to do what's right for the country.

Xi is competent through a certain lens, but even maduro was competent through a certain lens.

Which competency are we talking about? One that allows you to climb the party ladder or one that allows you to be a better leader for the nation. The two aren't mutually inclusive, and require different qualities and skills.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

    I never said beginning at the local level automatically means someone is competent. Xi is enormously qualified as a leader, hence his overwhelmingly high approval rating among Chinese citizens and the fact that China regularly sets ambitious targets and beats them.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 hours ago* (3 children)

    Some systems don't have hard requirements, but instead have selective systems that result in those higher qualified getting further along.

    Xi Jinping has a PhD in Marxism, and a degree in chemical engineering, for example. He had to work his way upward, because the system of governance in China begins from local council elections, who then send elected delegates to higher councils, and these councils elect delegates for higher councils than this. Systems that begin at the local level and fully integrate the selection process tend to place higher value on competency.

    You don't actually say why him having a Phd and a degree in chemical engineering helps his chances of being selected for higher position. It is only implied that he started at the local level and hence was elected to higher office.

    I am not saying it doesn't, I'd like to know if that is the case.

    Systems that begin at the local level and fully integrate the selection process tend to place higher value on competency.

    And you follow it up with this. Which I don't think is true. At least depending on your definition of "competency".

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  • [–] 0 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

    My point is that Xi had to work his way up each time. Not only did he need to be elected locally, but he needed to be reelected each time he climbed by a new, successive body. This isn't merely someone coming from nowhere and buying a campaign a la Trump, but someone who had to start at the bottom and prove himself again and again.

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