Some philosophers do make good administrators, Joe, but you are right that power structures are usually taken over by idealogues (and pragmatists), and that leads to trouble.

As for pragmatists - this is is a word that is now used to mean pratictical people - and not people like me who spend quite a lot of time thinking about the place of daisies in the world.

The word is used now to describe a practical approach - but the roots of it really means and describes those who like to mind other people's business. Where these people get to administrate - whatever they are trying to administer tends to get lost to the process of administration. The Spainish Inquistion is good example.   

Which no one expects...............