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What is an absurdity that has been normalized by society? (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A government could be good. In theory:

one year terms for elected individuals in public offices
no second term
getting elected is a random draw (akin to jury duty) based on the individuals' capabilities
authority limited in scope within city states

I'm sure there's other ideas regarding this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

getting elected is a random draw (akin to jury duty) based on the individuals' capabilities

Who asseses people's capabilities in this system? As they are likely the most powerful people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you don't change the economic system then you'll just run into exactly the same problems as we already have. The one year term elected officials will be handed pre-written legislation by corporations, they'll be heavily incentivized to pass it, if they don't it'll be a short turn around before the people with Capital can try again, and if they instead try to pass their own legislation that Capital doesn't approve of it they'll get the next person to undo it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With 1 year and no second term they're just gonna steal everything within their reach from day 1, so we need to balance it with:

all public servants live under full transparency, 24/7 body cams etc for years after, financial transparency for life
2x to all prison sentences while serving
a well-oiled practice to jail everyone who ain't a total saint

Then, maybe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'd need to be a system that automates itself instead of needing surveillance. Something that simply disincentivizes corruption.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How about "if you accept the bribe, report it and do nothing, you can keep it"?