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Maybe something along the lines of, if you’re eligible to collect social security, then you’re too old to serve in government.
Dont do that. That just incentivizes getting rid of social security so congress can keep their power till death
If it’s coupled with term limits, mandatory voting, and making running in a primary like jury duty, it might work.
Genuinely curious what you mean about making running in a primary like jury duty?
Similar to the concept of Athenian Democracy where all citizens were expected to report for a lottery and if their names were picked they had to serve.
Worth noting Athenian citizens were only about 10% of the population.
Of them, only maybe 1/6th could actually serve, as military or any other citizens too far away from the Ekklesia were excluded.
Also worth noting the Ekklesia was limited in voting on items presented to them by the Boule, which was basically a smaller council made up entirely of rich folks
Athenian democracy wasnt as democratic as advertised
Right, but with modern technology there wouldn’t be a distance restriction nor am I suggesting we reduce the citizen class to ~10% of the population. The primary similarity would be that citizens would be summoned to serve.
There’d still be a de facto distant restriction. As well as a job restriction
You still gotta go to DC to be able to vote. Which also means you have to be able to afford a place to live in DC
More importantly, how many people do you think are both willing and able to put their chosen career on hold for 2-6 years just because they get told they have to go do something else
I suspect most people would refuse
There are more political offices than just at the national level. City, County, State, regional water and fire districts. Also, just because you’ve been chosen for jury duty doesn’t mean you’ll end up serving.