Vote for representatives who decide who is the best informed...To be fair to the idea, and address the people above, it would probably select only people who have signed up to be on the list of possibilities, who would probably be more informed and less apathetic than the rest of the population. Plus, as with most modern juries, a larger number than necessary would probably be selected and then whittled down to only the most informed. Though how to keep corruption out of that process, I don't know.
To be fair to the idea, and address the people above, it would probably select only people who have signed up to be on the list of possibilities, who would probably be more informed and less apathetic than the rest of the population. Plus, as with most modern juries, a larger number than necessary would probably be selected and then whittled down to only the most informed. Though how to keep corruption out of that process, I don't know.
It's bad enough that the uninformed and apathetic populace is allowed to choose their representative government on the basis of who makes the most unreasonable promises. Allowing them to actually govern would be a nightmare.
I would prefer government by professional bureaucracy.
Goshin,
The issue that arises in your post is probably the oldest citizen to state dispute; how does one stop an official from being corrupt?
The only cures for corruptibility is eliminating humans from being leaders, or changing your perspective of what corruption is. In one mindset corruption by the masses where the actions of the Federal Government becomes populist in nature is still corruption.
If you are on the receiving end of corruption, as we always find corruption in terms of a payoff for someone, then you might see the Federal Government as not corrupt, but generous. Does not mean that they are, but it's a bi-directional perspective.
Demarchy (Demarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) is a system of governance by a randomly selected group of people. The term was coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim in 1985. The system has been used by the ancient Athenians and the Amish. Basically, the idea is that people in charge would still represent the views of the population, but without the problems of corruption for political gain, the influence of lobbyists and special interests, career politicians, and voter ignorance and disinterest; people in charge would make decisions solely based on what they believe.
According to Rasmussen, 45% of American voters think that a group randomly selected from the phone book would do better than the current Congress, while 36% disagree.
Just read about this today. An interesting idea, though I'm not sure how well it would work out in practice.
Demarchy (Demarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) is a system of governance by a randomly selected group of people. The term was coined by Australian philosopher John Burnheim in 1985. The system has been used by the ancient Athenians and the Amish. Basically, the idea is that people in charge would still represent the views of the population, but without the problems of corruption for political gain, the influence of lobbyists and special interests, career politicians, and voter ignorance and disinterest; people in charge would make decisions solely based on what they believe.
According to Rasmussen, 45% of American voters think that a group randomly selected from the phone book would do better than the current Congress, while 36% disagree.
Just read about this today. An interesting idea, though I'm not sure how well it would work out in practice.
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