comesandgoes@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 16 days agoI know dictators are bad, but maybe if we try with ME in charge, it'll be different.message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down13
arrow-up172arrow-down1message-squareI know dictators are bad, but maybe if we try with ME in charge, it'll be different.comesandgoes@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 16 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·16 days agoI have said it before- all of our elected representatives should be chosen at random from the general population the way we do with jury duty. These people would serve one term only and be well paid.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 days agoI would prefer a mix: keep the Senate composed of actual legal experts, but stock the House by sortition (also expand it to equalize the ratio of representatives to constituents).
I have said it before- all of our elected representatives should be chosen at random from the general population the way we do with jury duty.
These people would serve one term only and be well paid.
I would prefer a mix: keep the Senate composed of actual legal experts, but stock the House by sortition (also expand it to equalize the ratio of representatives to constituents).