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6 days agoRight, but with modern technology there wouldn’t be a distance restriction nor am I suggesting we reduce the citizen class to ~10% of the population. The primary similarity would be that citizens would be summoned to serve.


Right, but with modern technology there wouldn’t be a distance restriction nor am I suggesting we reduce the citizen class to ~10% of the population. The primary similarity would be that citizens would be summoned to serve.


Similar to the concept of Athenian Democracy where all citizens were expected to report for a lottery and if their names were picked they had to serve.


If it’s coupled with term limits, mandatory voting, and making running in a primary like jury duty, it might work.


Maybe something along the lines of, if you’re eligible to collect social security, then you’re too old to serve in government.
There are more political offices than just at the national level. City, County, State, regional water and fire districts. Also, just because you’ve been chosen for jury duty doesn’t mean you’ll end up serving.