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The major problem with politics nowadays is that it has become a "job", so people need to be re-elected to keep their life running; if they don't, they don't ha
by gregoriol 5y ago
The major problem with politics nowadays is that it has become a "job", so people need to be re-elected to keep their life running; if they don't, they don't have anything else to do.
It shouldn't be like that: people should be elected for a duty, and after their duty is done, they should go back to their normal job, not seek infinite re-election.
- moshmosh 5y agoThe counter-argument to these sorts of notions (including things like legislative term limits) is that, in a sufficiently advanced political environment, this will make your representatives even more dependent on entrenched power-brokers to be effective—chiefly, bureaucrats and lobbyists.
- zepto 5y agoWhy should society be based around people having a ‘normal job’?
- Swenrekcah 5y agoIt shouldn’t necessarily but it is, so until that changes the political system has to account for it.
- zepto 5y agoIf you build a political system around that assumption, it’s not going to chance.
- Swenrekcah 5y agoTrue, but what I meant was, in the context of the conversation, that the system must not be ignorant of the fact that regular people need to earn a living, and provide opportunities for regular people to participate without sacrificing a significant amount of time to fundraising. I don’t know what the best solution is but if the system is only practically open to those that don’t need to work for a living then things surely will stay the same.
- zepto 5y agoThis, I agree with, but is a very different idea.
- triceratops 5y agoUnless their job is held for them while they serve (like maternity or military leave), they're going to spend the final year of their term job-hunting. Do you want your elected representative handing out resumes to powerful people hoping to curry their favor?