- In some ways, the proportion of notables (5%) is comparable to the membership of the Communist Party of China compared to the population of China. Actually ma

- In some ways, the proportion of notables (5%) is comparable to the membership of the Communist Party of China compared to the population of China. Actually makes me optimistic. - I keep seeing this author advocate for long terms and staggered elections. I understand, a little, why that makes sense in a system where the vote is decided by low-information voters, although I feel it still makes the government far too oligarchical and too unresponsive to changing conditions - voters should not have to wait a decade to change a government. In a system with notables who actually pay attention to politics, protecting the politicians makes no sense at all - elections should be frequent, since the notables should know enough to semi-responsibly choose politicians. (Maybe 6-12 months - 1 month is still a short enough time for a "current thing" to dominate Twitter and throw out politicians for silly reasons, and I'm assuming the notables would in effect be Twitter power users.)