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Or just ban public officials from holding stock and from taking on jobs at state clients...

They'll find a way, of that you can be sure. I think restricting the term is the only way possible to limit corruption in that regard.

Lottery elections: put people in office like jury duty. You don't want to be President? Too bad! You're qualified, have a good background (whatever that is), people have vouched for your character, so ... you're it for 4 years!

I'd trust my next door neighbor to be President more than someone who actually wants to be President.

Liquid democracy. You can assign to your vote to anyone and reclaim it at any time for any reason. "Representatives" would just be people who a lot of people temporarily assigned their votes to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy

Yes, Borges style: don't allow anyone who wants to be president to be it.

There's what's called stochocracy or as Wiki calls it Sortition , but I think it needs to take the whole population into account, depending on where you live. and using a polling system where even 20% of yes to a proposal (be it local, regional or national) allows a limited trial to go ahead... as to the larger question as to why our political masters are out of touch..power corrupts, vested interests and economic predominance in a society based on printing money to pollute the planet and producing a processed lifestyle.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#:~:text=In%20gover....

This is how ancient Athens did it, I think, and I agree we should give it a go.

Politicians are becoming like a caste, much too similar to each other and with very little exposure to real life.

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