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What if we replaced elected politicians with randomly selected citizens?
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Here's the problem: a random selection could get you a criminal, an addict, a madman, or an idiot. Everyone would be at different levels of the learning curve, and some would be quick drop-offs because... well, they might even be illiterate.

Were I to ever assume the responsibilities attached I would do my level best... I would do some things right for my district, such as to seek a posting on the agriculture committee because my district is extremely rural. I would also be a poor ideological match even for that. I am a liberal in an R+20 district.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist  but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.


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RE: What if we replaced elected politicians with randomly selected citizens? - by pbrower2a - 03-05-2021, 07:45 AM

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