Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st...
by throwawayboise on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:12PM
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Term limits. Politics should not be a viable career option.
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Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st...
by edmundsauto on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:36PM
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This would likely have an intended consequence: unelected representatives would have their power increase. If elected officials are rotating in and out of Washington faster, they will rely more on the power brokers.
Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st...
by inter_netuser on Friday September 03, 2021 @12:00AM
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you could also rotate them inside the government, it's what ive heard japan does, but not sure about the details.
Essentially let's say you are responsible for helping run ministry of finance, and then you are rotated out to manage some rural agriculture thing, and so on.
Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st...
by kwhitefoot on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:17PM
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You would need to apply the limits to everyone involved in politics not just elected representatives. Otherwise the power will simply shift to the backroom boys, well shift further to them.
Re:How long can a democracy maintain emergency limits and st...
by lifty on Thursday September 02, 2021 @01:20PM
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Term limits are not sufficient and it becomes difficult to get enough politicians with experience. We need a combination of direct democracy and liquid democracy so that people can vote directly on some big issue and quickly shift to a different representative when needed, for legislation that gets implemented through representation.