All the ingredients are there and it won’t take much to put it all together.

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yeah it’s called actually following checks and balances.

    The main issue is humans are naturally corrupted by power. Due to that fact we need a system that actually upholds the rules for the people in power. This whole notion that someone in a position of authority can get away with breaking any laws or rules is the problem. People with power should be held to a higher standard and extremely scrutinized. Even the smallest mistakes should be blasted throughout the news reels and should have immediate punishment.

    When you’re actually willing and able to punish the corrupt people in your system you lower the amount of corruption overall.

    But for some reason most people think that people with authority are untouchable and as a result they practically are.

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      That’s what we were going for. Thing is, any "system* of checks and balances is composed of the corrupt individuals it’s designed to check and balance. Sociopaths gravitate to positions of power, and are really great at campaigning for them.

      What’s your alternative to the present system, sortition?