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Some of us are greedy fucks, we let them make the decisions for some reason.
I've always advocated for a system where people who are qualified but don't want to should lead...
Who gets to say who's qualified? While I appreciate experts, any filter you add to democracy is dangerous. I think experts should serve a large council of randomly selected citizens and people who were ranked higher than a lottery option in a ranked voting system. That allows us to have career politicians, but also prevents them from entrenching themselves as the "lesser evil".
I think it’s the majority that are greedy fucks to be honest.
Thats called sortition
Sortition does best as an anti-corruption mechanism, rather than a full system that removes all politicians. I like to merge it with ranked voting by adding a lottery option to the ballot that politicians have to beat. This, for lack of a better term, Ranked Sortition system is also an easier transition from the current system, so even if you want a full sortition this is easier to implement at various local levels where people still need to get used to the idea.
Edit: Also is there a com where we can talk about these sort of voting theory things?
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Yes it is!
I didn't use that word because no one ever knows wtf it means lol
I kinda like the term randomocracy
Ooo I like that.