Remember when we all thought democracy meant we could have any leader we wanted, rather than a choice between a slightly slowed progression into the abyss vs diving headfirst into it?

The lib I work with....in the same sitting he'll tell me that no you can't have what you want, realistically it'll be this guy or the other guy, and then when I tell him we don't have a democracy we have a monarchy with a choice between two political dynasties he'll insist on 'but what if the people want someone else'. He can somehow comfortably believe in two entirely opposing beliefs.