Do all McDonald's customers get to vote on who the CEO of McDonald's would be? If they did, would they elect a competent CEO?
Questions to ponder.
While this CEO in question was not democratically elected, he/she still has incentive to run McDonald's well, to make it a success, to ensure a good customer experience.
Take that example and let's ponder. What if the president was something like the CEO of America? The citizens seen more as Customers of America. Which, heck, our tax dollars prove we are.
Now lets expand on this.