Intelligent and capable people rarely chooses a political career. The way our politics works should be re-imagined.
The first correction we could do is limit the number of political post, decentralize/dissolve parliaments, create a system so that people could vote for every small things.
Democracy is stupid but it's less harmful than any other system. Let people decide what they want not the leaders.
Democracy can't be stupid and it isn't stupid because it allows the masses,citizens and people choose whom they want to rule them.It also give the people ample opportunity to vote for election and be voted for.
Democracy which is government of the people,,for the people and by the people was meant to be free and fare,but the corruption,nepotism,psychopansy and afghanistanism in the political system has made the system rough.Everybody wants to rule by all cost,and thus will continue because everybody coming to rule have their own selfish interest in the political position and therefore cannot rule the people purely without corruption.