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Alternatives to congress (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What alternative ways can you think of to handle making legislation and passing laws that would negate the increasingly polarized political climate that is happening in more and more countries?

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Greatly expand congress (like at least 10x), and have it work like jury duty.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Random cost less to buy than congress people.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But you'd have to bribe a lot more to sway legislation, and nobody serves more than like a year or two so you can't "buy for life". Also, congress people are already shockingly cheap.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They will have lots of funds from all the savings on ads.
Anyway, I am starting to think random people secestered or something. Maybe it is only a couple of months at a time. They vote on some legislation, then work on new legislation for the next group to vote on.