put an age ceiling on public office. lets start at 70 and see how that works out. implement term limits for Supreme Court justices. no justice shall serve for more than 1 term and a term shall be limited to 10 years.
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Replying to @danlistensto @lsthmus
galaxy brain take on US govt structure: devolve more power to states and have a 'minarhist style' federal govt
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this was the original constitutional intent, as far as I can tell, but it doesn't appear to be working very well
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idk it just feels like an all-powerful federal govt of so much land is such a bad idea, also open to far-reaching corruption (or legal corruption: lobbying)
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How is it any worse than a state government, though?
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State governments are like federal but cheaper.
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smaller governed body = fewer people feel "left out", faster feedback loops, greater participation per person, also you can move states if you don't like it
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Replying to @simpolism @danlistensto
At the same time, vastly more likely to have more abuse of human rights and things that shouldn't be legal, I'd imagine.
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why would a smaller government entail more abuse of human rights? and "shouldn't be legal" is, like, your opinion man
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Replying to @simpolism @danlistensto
I mean, if you look at states right now, like half of them allow you to marry a 3 year old and legally have intercourse with them. Like, sure, "morality is subjective" but that shit's way too young.
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totally orthogonal to salvaging the integrity of our democratic process. also, we are literally talking about ways of PREVENTING the problem of distant people imposing their morality on you and yours. just leave the cousin fuckers alone unless they're hurting you.
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