Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's former chief of staff, thinks the Democrats need a bolder vision.
  • SabinStargem@lemmings.worldEnglish
    381·
    16 hours ago

    Term and age limits will be needed if the Constitution is improved, alongside ditching first-past-the-post voting. A great deal of America’s rot comes from the stagnation caused by career politicians who simply exist to occupy a seat.

    Sure, we might lose ‘wise’ leaders, but it has become pretty damn clear that archaic politicians are the plugged toilets of Democracy. All they do is cause a mess if not promptly handled. The Geronocrats must go.

    • kreskin@lemmy.world
      4·
      7 hours ago

      It comes from citizens united as well. We are a country whose government runs on bribe money and little else.

    • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      11 hours ago

      The fact that this would’ve put Bernie out of a job years ago is a hard no for me. Campaign finance reform so we don’t have a bunch of corporate stooges in power, and getting rid of FPTP make more sense to me. Better alternative candidates will have a chance, as well as life-ling civil servants who are proven and lovee by their communities

      • SabinStargem@lemmings.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 hours ago

        A neat person like Bernie doesn’t have to be a politician to do good works. He can help mentor grass root organizations. While it would be a shame to lose a good guy from direct politics, it is far easier for evil politicians to stick around if we don’t force them out. A good guy is apt to step down from power when they think it is right, but an evil one? They won’t leave until carried out in a coffin.

        • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          2 hours ago

          Life long service or being old are not synonymous with being evil. You could also be forcing a dedicated good guy out with term limits and making way for an evil person

    • rumbaEnglish
      101·
      14 hours ago

      Fuck yes, let’s go with it!

      • Politician age range 30-50
      • Background check
      • Minimum Education Requirements
      • Understands science (including biology) and technology thoroughly at minimum high school level
      • 200 hours of community service working with the poor
      • 200 hours of community service working with the elderly
      • 200 hours of community service working with immigrants
      • Debt, Funding and Corporate Alliance check
      • Blocked from stock market trades along with immediate family
      • No bribes
      • No Lobbying
      • No ex C-STAFF for major companies.
      • Paid enough to be single yacht and a summer home kind of rich.

      What else we need in here or what have I gone wrong on?

        • rumbaEnglish
          1·
          1 hour ago

          That’s not a bad idea How would we do it?

            • rumbaEnglish
              1·
              10 minutes ago

              I love the concept, I think that’s going to be kind of hard to write into law.

              Maybe instead we could find some way where they are beholden to their constituents?

              I guess part of the problem with that is misinformation. We need something to watch over, and stamp out propaganda, But how do you do that without making a tool so powerful that it could be used for evil, or more succinctly, how could you set up guardrails to keep it from being evil.