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Do you have a form of government you invented/conceived, either as an idea or for fiction (or a favorite from someone else)? How does it work? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by CraigOhMyEggo@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As kids, we're told only people who go to college/university for politics/economics/law are qualifiable to make/run a country. As adults, we see no nation these "qualified" adults form actually work as a nation, with all manifesto-driven governments failing. Which to me validates the ambitions of all political theorist amateurs, especially as there are higher hopes now that anything an amateur might throw at the wall can stick. Here's my favorite from a friend.

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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think anyone who wants to lead a country or hold office should be forbidden from it. Figure out some qualifications to disqualify anyone truly unfit to lead and have a lottery for everyone else. Maybe give out extra entries for volunteering or other public service, but make the process uncorruptable.

Then at the end of their term everyone gets to vote on how good a job they did. Maybe execute or imprison anyone who gets a bad enough score. If you get high enough, you get a nice pension and favorable mentions in history books. Either way, no one is eligible to be picked again. They could advise the next administration if everyone agreed.

I can think of a hundred ways this could go badly, but I'm not sure the result would be any worse than what we've got.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

and have a lottery for everyone else.

Man I hate being the head of budget and finance for the city...

Then at the end of their term everyone gets to vote on how good a job they did. Maybe execute or imprison anyone who gets a bad enough score.

Fuck..

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not really a fan of execution. It would be a shame if that happened in any but the worst cases. Just trying to motivate doing one's best. Maybe you only need the carrot and not the stick.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Man I hate being the head of budget and finance for the city…