The author was a better artist than writer, and you might remember how that career turned out for him.
And then it turned out that politics became his most successful career. People didn't like his art or writing enough to make a stable career out of those things, but they were more than happy to vote for him and then follow him into a disastrous, brutal war and also build extermination camps for murdering millions.
I think there's a lesson here about what kind of people go into politics, and how bad people are at choosing their leaders.
Seriously, if your remotely a decent person of any political stripe please consider running for a election. Especially if you don't want to. You'll do a lot of good.
And if you're not happy with these choices, why aren't you running?
If I see two ballerinas competing, and I'm not happy with either of them, me becoming a ballerina myself isn't actually a viable alternative.
The idea that anyone could be a good leader is incredibly ridiculous and myopic.