[MD] Contents of Moq_Discuss Digest, Vol 21, Issue 8

[Horse]

Hi Platt

But that's my point. You only get to elect those that are either put up 
or put themselves up for election and those that seek office are 
generally unfit for office. People who actively seek power are the worst 
ones that you could elect. In general they're bought and paid for!
Candidates for office have to fit within a certain profile in order to 
get themselves selected or even be selectable for election.

Why not adopt a different method of selection?

Do we even really need to vote for them? After all, when you (not you 
personally obviously) go to trial do you get to vote for the jury? Do 
you trust your judicial system? If not what would you prefer?

I'm not sure exactly how your trial by jury system works in selecting a 
jury but over here it's pretty much a process of selecting a jury at 
random from the population that are eligible to vote. They are a 'jury 
of peers' (apparently) and in general provide for a pretty reasonable 
system of justice. Not perfect by any means but pretty good.

So maybe do something along those lines because at the moment we're 
stuck with a system which encourages the worst sort of people it's 
possible to elect - take a good look at what we've got see what you 
think. It really isn't looking good for the future with the current crop 
of corrupt, lying, duplicitous frauds that we currently have.

The way we elect our leaders and representatives is based on a system 
that was corrupt when it began - it's just gotten a lot worse since then.

I'm starting to think that a benevolent dictatorship is preferable.

Horse



pholden at davtv.com wrote:
> Quoting Horse <horse at darkstar.uk.net>:
> 
>> Hi Platt
>>
>> Doesn't this kind of confirm what I said in a previous post about the 
>> quality of the those available for the American electorate to vote for:
>>
>> 1 idiot
>> 2 inept senators
>> 1 ambulance chaser
>>
>> It's not looking good for American voters so far
> 
> 
> Hi Horse,
>  
> Correction. No. 1 is not a choice any more for the American electorate to vote for.
> But can you explain why good people cannot get good leaders (by your
> definition) in the U.S. and Britain? After all, in the U.S. at least, the
> candidates are selected by your "good people" in a series of primary elections.
> 
> Regards,
> Platt
>  

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