"Tom Potter" wrote in message ...
"Double-A" wrote in message
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"Tom Potter" wrote in message
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As I have posted, the best way to prevent
evil domestic or foreign elements from co-opting
a government, is to select the peoples representatives
by RANDOM choice from the pool of people who
want the job, and to sell the seats in the Senate to
the highest bidder, regardless of where the buyer
resides in the world.

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Also note, that if the people's representatives were selected by random lot,
that it would be truly DEMOCRATIC, and represent the will of the masses,
and that it would be virtually impossible for small, self-serving groups to
grab control of the government by intimidation, blackmail, bribery, etc.

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You might have an idea here. The current jury system works on a
similar basis. But the best jurors are not always the ones that "want
the job". If congressmen were selected randomly, they should probably
be selected from the entire adult population, but then you would have
to have a way of screening for competence and sufficiently good
health. While service might be considered a duty, you still wouldn't
want someone who really didn't want to serve, so you'd have to give
them an out.

Double-A