“The system” includes the voting public. If a sufficient fraction of the population decides to override all common sense and vote a selfish conman into ultimate executive power then they can’t make the shocked Pikachu face when the rest of the political establishment fails to curtail his abuses.

There was an interview with an otherwise “intelligent” person in 2024 who admitted he knew Trump is corrupt and would mercilessly abuse the position of President but decided to vote for him anyway because he thought that checks and balances would be sufficient.

This is like putting a fox in charge of the chicken coop and hoping the neighbour’s dog will stop it eating your chickens!

Maybe… just… don’t do that?

Don’t knowingly vote for evil?