> We need a maximum age for politicians, and mandate ethnic, gender and age diversity in politics. This is a terrible idea. If you can’t vote the power structu

> We need a maximum age for politicians, and mandate ethnic, gender and age diversity in politics. This is a terrible idea. If you can’t vote the power structure will just abuse you without thinking. See the total lack of freedom and respect for children, non-citizens, whether visitors or residents, permanent or temporary, and for felons deprived of a vote. Relying on people being good because it’s nice works much worse than relying on them not harming you because it will have consequences. If you want a representative pool of politicians mandating “diversity” is the wrong way to do it. Use sortition. Draft legislators in much the same way jurors are compelled to serve. I would not want to have this be the only way legislators are chosen because a legislature with an average IQ of 100 where most people had not graduated college does not seem likely to be full of the highly competent. I’d support one chamber chosen this way and another elected though. Competence isn’t the only valuable thing.