Epic Character: The Ruler of the Universe; or Who Can Be Trusted With Power:
It is a well-known and established fact that when it comes to the distribution of power within any selected group, organization, culture, or geographical location, that any who wish to rule should, under no circumstances be allowed to rule; while those most aptly suited for leadership and authority are the least likely to want or accept power and authority.
This problem is always exacerbated by increasing the overall size and scope of the position of rule in question, so much so, that at the scale of universal, or even galactic governance, the concepts of establishing the hierarchy of legislative authority becomes near to impossible and yet, final authority is essential in order to maintain the accountability galactic law.
So that now the problem comes down to this:
Who can Rule if none who would wish for it can be trusted to do so and none who can be trusted to rule wish to?
On a lonely planet, far removed from the rest of the galaxy via a vast field of improbability, exists a small shack, the location of which is only known to 6 people throughout all of the galaxy. This counsel of government liaisons bring forth, from all reaches of the universe, major bureaucratic issues up for debate and deliberation so that they may be decided upon by the ruler of the universe: an unnamed recluse with a tenuous grasp on reality and a great love of his cat, who, incidentally, also has no idea that he is, in fact, the ruler of the universe.
From Douglas Adams’ second installment of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, entitled “The Restaurant At the End of the Universe”, comes a very telling metaphor of some of the plights of governance, enhanced, in this video, by references to the definition of the office of President of the Imperial Galactic Government from The first novel by the same name as well as a brief explanation of the people of Xaxis, from the fourth installment, “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, who elect lizards to rule over them, assuming that, as a democracy, their vote grants them the government they want to rule over them.
This is a dramatic reading, and not a controversial video, despite its subject matter, and though it deals very heavily in politics and government, and even references a civilization at perpetual war, it is, assuredly and undoubtedly, a presentation of literature, preformed by Dolphin Radio….
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Dolphin_Radio_
Resources:
“The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
