The idea that positions of power are to be “servants to the people,” that administration of government is a delegated power, and that the people are the true rulers.

An opposite idea is “meritocracy.” This idea says that a person can “earn the right to rule” through “merit,” and then they have the power to rule, as a *right.*

“Meritocracy” is always a shit idea. There’s no “doing it right,” it’s just a trash idea.