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Or just ban public officials from holding stock and from taking on jobs at state clients...

hetspookjee 4y ago
They'll find a way, of that you can be sure. I think restricting the term is the only way possible to limit corruption in that regard.
- prirun 4y ago
  Lottery elections: put people in office like jury duty. You don't want to be President? Too bad! You're qualified, have a good background (whatever that is), people have vouched for your character, so ... you're it for 4 years! I'd trust my next door neighbor to be President more than someone who actually wants to be President.
  - guerrilla 4y ago
    Liquid democracy. You can assign to your vote to anyone and reclaim it at any time for any reason. "Representatives" would just be people who a lot of people temporarily assigned their votes to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy
  - fmmlp 4y ago
    Yes, Borges style: don't allow anyone who wants to be president to be it.
  - screenbreakout 4y ago
    There's what's called stochocracy or as Wiki calls it Sortition , but I think it needs to take the whole population into account, depending on where you live. and using a polling system where even 20% of yes to a proposal (be it local, regional or national) allows a limited trial to go ahead... as to the larger question as to why our political masters are out of touch..power corrupts, vested interests and economic predominance in a society based on printing money to pollute the planet and producing a processed lifestyle.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#:~:text=In%20governance%2C%20sortition%20(also%20known,a%20larger%20pool%20of%20candidates https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#:~:text=In%20gover....
  - ta123457864 4y ago
    This is how ancient Athens did it, I think, and I agree we should give it a go. Politicians are becoming like a caste, much too similar to each other and with very little exposure to real life.

They'll find a way, of that you can be sure. I think restricting the term is the only way possible to limit corruption in that regard.

prirun 4y ago
Lottery elections: put people in office like jury duty. You don't want to be President? Too bad! You're qualified, have a good background (whatever that is), people have vouched for your character, so ... you're it for 4 years! I'd trust my next door neighbor to be President more than someone who actually wants to be President.
- guerrilla 4y ago
  Liquid democracy. You can assign to your vote to anyone and reclaim it at any time for any reason. "Representatives" would just be people who a lot of people temporarily assigned their votes to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy
- fmmlp 4y ago
  Yes, Borges style: don't allow anyone who wants to be president to be it.
- screenbreakout 4y ago
  There's what's called stochocracy or as Wiki calls it Sortition , but I think it needs to take the whole population into account, depending on where you live. and using a polling system where even 20% of yes to a proposal (be it local, regional or national) allows a limited trial to go ahead... as to the larger question as to why our political masters are out of touch..power corrupts, vested interests and economic predominance in a society based on printing money to pollute the planet and producing a processed lifestyle.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#:~:text=In%20governance%2C%20sortition%20(also%20known,a%20larger%20pool%20of%20candidates https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#:~:text=In%20gover....
- ta123457864 4y ago
  This is how ancient Athens did it, I think, and I agree we should give it a go. Politicians are becoming like a caste, much too similar to each other and with very little exposure to real life.