I think I'm with Plato when it comes to being ruled from the top solely. If we're to be ruled by one man, the man needs to be reluctant ruler, someone who rules because he fears that a worse man could rule if he doesn't. As we all know now, power hungry rulers are the worst rulers, regardless of their ideological strain. You can see the microcosm of this with internet moderators alone, where the worst people rule out of lust for power, and do their jobs terribly because of that need.