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minus-squareDoctorWhoDMC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·5 days agoSounds good on paper, until you notice this means… only the wealthy would ever bother running for office.
minus-squareDoctorWhoDMC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoRight. So it wouldn’t change anything.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI’m sure many low wage workers would jump at the chance to actually make a difference. Why do we think only people who have become career politicians should be politicians? They’re the last people who should do it. A room of 600 plumbers, nurses, and bin men would make far better decisions than them.
minus-squareDoctorWhoDMC@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoYes, but in that case adopting Sortition and abolishing career politicians makes way more sense.
minus-squaretazeycrazy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoThat’s the theory behind pensions for most public offices and the police. To remove the temptation for corruption in office… not that it works
Sounds good on paper, until you notice this means… only the wealthy would ever bother running for office.
That’s true already
Right. So it wouldn’t change anything.
I’m sure many low wage workers would jump at the chance to actually make a difference.
Why do we think only people who have become career politicians should be politicians? They’re the last people who should do it.
A room of 600 plumbers, nurses, and bin men would make far better decisions than them.
Yes, but in that case adopting Sortition and abolishing career politicians makes way more sense.
That’s the theory behind pensions for most public offices and the police. To remove the temptation for corruption in office… not that it works