I’ve never understood the notion that a man is unfit to run his own life, but fit to run the lives of others... but I suppose all these philosophers that envisioned a super-state thought that “right thinking” individuals, superior individuals, individuals much like themselves would be the ones pulling the strings. They seem to forget one can just as easily end up with a Caligula rather than a Trajan.
It seems (to me at least) like it stems from the notion that “No man is an island” - that there are some things that a single individual cannot handle as well as a group. From that tiny foothold they then venture further out onto the ice by saying that “the group moderates the tone” - that whatever highs or lows may be experienced by an individual gets balanced by the “harmonious co-mingling” of several spirits (yes, I know, my eyes are rolling too ;)
So it isn’t so much a measure of an individuals fitness, as it is the arrogant presumption of the superiority of the group dynamic.
Did I mention that most dhimmis exhibit a natural herd mentality?! LOL