Re:The irrational hungry judge effect revisited
by brabel on Sunday July 28, 2024 @08:25AM
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With the current MPs, why do you think they do not do what's best for themselves, or for whoever is sponsoring their political campaigns and lobbying them constantly? The question is not whether a technocracy would be perfect, it's whether it would be better than that, and your argument has zero explanatory power to answer that.
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Re:The irrational hungry judge effect revisited
by tsimionescu on Sunday July 28, 2024 @10:43AM
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Because they still need to win an election, so at least some of them need to do at least a few things that makes them popular enough. A technocrat only needs to make sure people aren't so desperate as to rise up.
This is really simple political theory, not some advanced concepts.
Re:The irrational hungry judge effect revisited
by brabel on Sunday July 28, 2024 @11:27AM
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Nobody said the technocrats wouldn't also be elected, you made that up.
Re:The irrational hungry judge effect revisited
by tsimionescu on Sunday July 28, 2024 @01:33PM
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So you simply want MPs who have a minimum standard of education? The fact that they are kept isolated for the duration of their term? That wouldn't prevent them from being bribed and lobbied in their election campaigns.
Re:The irrational hungry judge effect revisited
by switch007 on Sunday July 28, 2024 @09:16AM
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And the leaders of the proposed technocracy would be immune from lobbying and bribes?
Re:The irrational hungry judge effect revisited
by brabel on Sunday July 28, 2024 @11:26AM
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Yes, because they would be easily "caught" if they didn't make decisions based on merit.
Re:The irrational hungry judge effect revisited
by tsimionescu on Sunday July 28, 2024 @01:31PM
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By whom? What new institution that doesn't work today would work then?