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OK, so I get selected at random. I haven't got the first clue about governing a country, so I'd rely on people telling me what to do. If they can convince me (
by ta1243 1y ago
OK, so I get selected at random.
I haven't got the first clue about governing a country, so I'd rely on people telling me what to do. If they can convince me (which will be easy, trillion dollar companies and powerful billionaire oligarchs convince people to act against their own self interest all the time) they end up running the country, but the blame can be taken by me.
- nosianu 1y ago> I haven't got the first clue about governing a country Is this really so different from quite a number of high profile politicians today? Many are mostly good at networking and how to use the media machine. The actual competence is with the invisible people behind them, and the bureaucrats. I see little or no difference, even disregarding current administrations (not just in the US).
- BeFlatXIII 1y ago…yet we trust juries.
- Ray20 1y agoMost people are idiots and trust things they shouldn't. Lee Kuan Yew doesn't trust juries.
- jongjong 1y agoSame as what we have now but I think the moral filter applied would be stronger coming from a random citizen as opposed to a power-hungry citizen. Also, with randomness over the whole population, you can be sure everyone in congress and senate would be different every election cycle. So politicians won't be able to stay in office long enough to form meaningful alliances; they will not trust each other and thus watch each other better to prevent corruption.