“On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.”
“Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.”
“I did,” said Ford. …
“You mean they actually vote for the lizards?”
“Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.”
“But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?”
“Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in.”
~ Douglas Adams
(Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits)
And such is the case in the USA this year 🙁
🙁 Holding my breath… Hope we don’t wind up with the “wrong lizard.”
A lizard would be an improvement over a certain candidate who is lower than a snake’s belly. 😉
For sure, Sybil. I feel a little guilty about using an innocent little lizard to illustrate the quote…
Holding my breath too, exhaling only on Nov 9th. I hope.
I hope so, too. Can you just imagine the huge collective sigh of relief?