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To play devil's advocate a bit, perhaps the challenge isn't to rid ourselves of psychos, but to find a mechanism for ensuring a healthy mix of personalities in
by tiahura 3y ago
To play devil's advocate a bit, perhaps the challenge isn't to rid ourselves of psychos, but to find a mechanism for ensuring a healthy mix of personalities in power. It takes different strokes to move the world.
- over_bridge 3y agoThere's an argument that we've made the job of politician so undesirable that only the most unfeeling, cynical and power hungry would seek it. Lets make it into a normal job. 40 hrs per week, an expectation of privacy for those in the role and their families, and remove the cameras from the debating chambers so they can actually speak their minds instead of grandstanding for the home audience. Reduce the length of elections to 2 months max so that campaigning isn't a full time job in itself too