choosing to run for office should be generally disqualifying of the office
I kind of actually believe this. Look at this shitshow and imagine the type of person who thinks "I want to be in charge of this. I SHOULD be in charge of this". Villain shit.
What if there was like a door with a sign that said “register here to run for public office”, but the catch is that inside the door there is just a trap door that led to a bottomless pit? I think that could help.
I know it didn’t work out for the Greeks, but having “Jury Duty” style assignments to governmental office seems better in some ways.
I genuinely believe that anyone who actively wants to be president/prime minister should be explicitly barred from having the role. It should be a well rewarded imposition, not something you compete for.
We should make every elected politician spend a month in maximum security prison with no special treatment before they start their term.
there is a tradition in canadian parliament of the new speaker of the house being dragged to the speaker’s chair by the party leaders because no one in their right mind would take the chair willingly. need that energy across the board.