• Victor@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It’s so fucking spineless. People shouldn’t be able to pursue a political career. They should be chosen to lead by peers or some other weird system. Like okay now it’s my turn to bear the responsibility. Otherwise it becomes something people pursue, and it becomes all about the power and the money. Disgusting.

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      15 hours ago

      This post is funny, because the folks wanting to oppress others have the most to gain by careering a position of power and influence. Why not be the PM of an aging population?

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      Well the usual response to this is that people who don’t want to be in position of power would do a shit job at it (to the point of being net negative).

      Most people don’t want “bear the responsibility”, they want someone else to do it.

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        24 hours ago

        I say let’s have a system whereby if the ruler(s) do a good job according to the wide public, they are rewarded accordingly with taxes. If they do a shit job, they are rewarded with nothing. This way, we get politicians working for us rather than for themselves. I mean it would be also for themselves, but any net gain for them would be forced out of altruism. This way, you would aspire to be a hero if you could manage. And if you weren’t fit to rule, you’d resign very quickly because it would be a waste of your time to gain nothing.

        Any holes to poke through this? 👂🔥 All ears! Let’s build a better system!

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          12 hours ago

          I guess one hole I could poke myself is it the wide public wanted anarchy and war and garbage like that. But we’d have to establish some ground rules to begin with, like the stuff that protects humans and human rights. Those cannot be taken away. Damn. I had a sleep and this became harder than I thought.