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Can’t remember where I heard it but “people who desire public office should be utterly barred from it”. Very few are able to escape their own prejudices, viewp
by stoneman24 3y ago
Can’t remember where I heard it but “people who desire public office should be utterly barred from it”.
Very few are able to escape their own prejudices, viewpoints and succeed in the office. Extremely difficult to make a positive difference for everyone. So many recent examples.
- euroderf 3y agoSO, a system like jury selection.
- dankotanko1599 3y agoImagine a political system that was filled with randomly selected people rather than those motivated by power. It could work. Since anyone can do the job of a politician imo... it's not like medicine or engineering that requires hard skills. :laugh:
- euroderf 3y agoYou'd still need a filter. An attention span and an appetite for institutional processes.
- dankotanko1599 3y agoSounds like a job for a machiavellian mentat with aspergers and delusions of grandeur.