We are not getting the leaders we deserve

Marie Antoinette's apparent offering to her starving subjects, "Let them eat cake!" led to the French Revolution, which eventually led to the transformation of political systems around the world. The French population felt their queen did not represent them. Discussions in Davos by world leaders were largely around the "Trump effect". Some attention was given to climate change and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. One couldn't help but notice how every country represented its own interest, like a game of chess. Volodymyr Zelenskyy talked about how helping Ukraine was imperative for Europeans as the war could escalate very quickly…