(June 24, 2016 at 11:31 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: I can go that far. Certainly I concede our system of representative government is also deeply flawed. There has got to be a way to get the money out of politics.[...]
There is, actually, but it's somewhat unconventional. The idea, just like referendum, or direct democracy comes from ancient Athens - basically it's lottery, instead of election/nomination of government officials. Kind of like jury duty - a bit of pain in the a** perhaps, but if selected - you have to go and be a politician for a certain number of years.
That way you eliminate careering politicians and the influence of money on political process (probably not entirely, as there would still be lobbyists, but without possibility of legal donations to politicians' campaigns, they'd face an uphill struggle).
Of course - that would NEVER work...
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
