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What is an absurdity that has been normalized by society?
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A government could be good. In theory:
I'm sure there's other ideas regarding this.
Who asseses people's capabilities in this system? As they are likely the most powerful people.
If you don't change the economic system then you'll just run into exactly the same problems as we already have. The one year term elected officials will be handed pre-written legislation by corporations, they'll be heavily incentivized to pass it, if they don't it'll be a short turn around before the people with Capital can try again, and if they instead try to pass their own legislation that Capital doesn't approve of it they'll get the next person to undo it.
With 1 year and no second term they're just gonna steal everything within their reach from day 1, so we need to balance it with:
Then, maybe.
It'd need to be a system that automates itself instead of needing surveillance. Something that simply disincentivizes corruption.
How about "if you accept the bribe, report it and do nothing, you can keep it"?