Comment by Gazni on Galactic Navy Officer

@Gazni 1. If you're used to a particular form of government, it's hard to understand other forms. Even if you prefer what you've read to what you've experienced.

2. We live in a world where throughout history people are and have been appointed due to being related to or a lover of the person doing the appointing, with zero background. Appointing someone who's shown they can keep accurate records, hide them, and has the wisdom to use them at the right time is at the least better than that.

You claimed I lied, even though you admitted you didn't know Eastern history. You also did not go far enough back in recorded Middle East history -there existed culture before Muhammed. 

And da**, you are wrong about Mamluks. Mamluks started out as a kind of slave, but they overthrew their masters and took control of the country after their masters could no longer depend on outside help once the slaves rebelled. The ones who ruled were no longer slaves, though they kept slaves under them. 

If you want to get into slave-run states, you can also call the Ottoman Empire that. Up until Selim II, most of the administrative positions in the palace were held by slave eunuchs. The Ottoman sultans would also appoint temporary governors on the spot until they could get someone in with more background and experience, which could take six months even in their fairly efficient (pre-Selim II) empire.

Even the Chinese, with their high level of bureaucracy and meritocracy, would appoint temporary governors on the spot until they could get someone else in. 

The whole point is to have someone representing Authority in societies where people often just don't have the education to govern themselves. There's a reason you need education to have a proper democracy.