Are you gonna share your evidence or do I gotta tickle it out of you ? <| sep |> At some point there needs to be a question of the authority of the few or the good of the many . As you say , food aid has gone to rot on multiple occasions . Not because of lack of need or even lack of willing people to deliver it , but due to politics and certain people in positions of power . If ten thousand people die due to the negligence , or malice , by a handful of people . why are those handful of people allowed to keep their jobs ? Should not everyone else who witnessed the crime ensure that justice is done and the incompetents or malcontents are removed from power ? Whether democratically or by lack of civil uprising , depending on the locale , the majority of people seem to let the abuse of the public slide indefinitely . Authority is a nebulous concept particularly in a society where money equates power , and any fool can inherit a fortune . I would argue that it matters less about specific people making key decisions , and it matters more than weak links allow the systems to break down and degrade . People , after all , can and will be replaced in time . The true tragedy of the commons is that the majority do not do more to remove these impediments . You can try to convince a dictator to change their mind , or you can remove them . Historical precedent suggests that the latter is the preferred method , and yet many governments still have a frightful lack of term limits . The few choose the fate of the world , the many decide whether or not to go along with it . We haven ' t quite reached the singularity of automated warfare just yet , so the populace still has superior numbers on its side . We , the people , allowed this to happen .