Let me see if I understand this correctly. The current linear system means that we are all presidents, and we get to say what we want, and vote for who we want even if that who is us.
And if a president decides to become a dictator, we all revolt against him and show him is only a president, not a dictator.
The nonlinear system establishes a sort of congress that gets to tell me, us, and you that they need a raise so we are not going to give you any breaks today?
And if we decide we don't like congress, we find that that's too bad because they are congress for life. Like a Judge.
Is that it in a crab shell?
Still new and still learning, I will die new and still learning, such is life.
Sorry, I don't know if I was able to fully comprehend your metaphor :)
So, I guess I am close to understanding. There is always going to be people that want to rule the world, I think that is all of us, but some of us do not want anyone else poking their fingers into the cherry pie.