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0 pointsccppurcell7d ago0 comments

A related idea: politicians know how to fix the problems, they just don't know how to get re-elected after doing so.

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I occasionally wonder if it would be a net positive to make political office terms a little bit longer, but limited to exactly once. No reelection pressure.

Same part of my addled brain that thinks we should increase dramatically our count of representatives, abolish in-person legislating, and then fill the roles with sortition.

ApolloFortyNine7d ago

Things are so party focused nowadays I don't think the person behind the mask really even matters.

It might slightly help, you'd probably have less votes on giving themselves pay raises, but at the end of the day the majority of ads and voters are going to revolve around party lines.

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rootusrootus7d ago

I occasionally wonder if it would be a net positive to make political office terms a little bit longer, but limited to exactly once. No reelection pressure.

Same part of my addled brain that thinks we should increase dramatically our count of representatives, abolish in-person legislating, and then fill the roles with sortition.

ApolloFortyNine7d ago

Things are so party focused nowadays I don't think the person behind the mask really even matters.

It might slightly help, you'd probably have less votes on giving themselves pay raises, but at the end of the day the majority of ads and voters are going to revolve around party lines.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse