It was a few months ago when I first heard about this concept, and I have been waiting for the lunacy of it to become apparent to me, but it really hasn't. I was discussing with a coworker about how to get better representation in congress for average people. Most folks, as is commonly known, are not far right or far left. He suggested that we might actually get better representation if we were to randomly select people for congress, basically draft them.
It has a number of advantages and I can't get them out of my head.
1st) More representative of the population at large, it could end up being more democratic.
2nd) Eradication of career politicians.
3rd) Eradication of the power of the Democratic and Republican parties.
4th) Muting or elimination of the effect of special interest groups in the process.
Anyway I am fully aware of there being many reasons why this could never actually work, but the idea is strangely appealing to me.
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