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That gum that nobody liked is gonna come back in style . . . (thelemmy.club)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/politics@hexbear.net
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/47029629

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[–] 4 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I think there's some way to stop people grabbing power out of a self serving motivation.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    The chief thing to do is make it not represent power. Modest pay, anti-corruption laws, recall elections, the ability to actually be held liable for crimes . . .

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    I don't think that works.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I promise you that it's a much better means of keeping political representatives under control than literally executing people who try and fail to be elected.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    I genuinely don't know. Real talk instead of being glib.

    How do you design a political power that does not attract those who seek power selfishly?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    As I said, the point is for the people to have political power and for representatives to be reduced to administrators. The various measures that I mentioned are meant in part to take power away from representatives, because hoping for good kings instead of bad kings is useless. You must head off vectors of corruption, take away abilities that are only suitable for misuse, and make it so people aren't stuck with a conmen in office and can instead vote to remove them.

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