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You'd get a good sample, but a poor representative. If a group of people is attempting to choose a person to advocate their interests, they'll choose the person
by panglott 11y ago
You'd get a good sample, but a poor representative. If a group of people is attempting to choose a person to advocate their interests, they'll choose the person best at advocacy, who is likely atypical in a variety of ways.
Because typically people are bad at public speaking, rhetoric, bargaining, and other means of advocating their interests.
- JDDunn9 11y agoNot everyone has to address Congress. As long as each valid viewpoint has at least one advocate, I trust people could figure out the best option. Less bargaining means fewer riders and pork, which is a good thing. I'm fine if only the best ~10% of Congress wrote/debated laws and the rest simply voted. Also, remember we are comparing against the current Congress, which only represents the wealthiest among us. Pretty low bar.