To the comments: many here seem to accept as given that nobody running for office deserves the privilege, but I don't think that's true at all. In fact, I think governing is hard work, and expecting people who aren't interested to do it well is naive. I want to be a principal engineer—does that make me a bad engineer because true engineers care nothing for esteem, or a good engineer because I sit around reading and thinking about software all the time?
To the article: "Modern policy is too complex for there to be meaningful electoral accountability. Electoral capture is too easy and too important for powerful interests. So, what’s the alternative? Get rid of elections. Use lotteries to select political officials."
...What? "Elections imposes insufficient accountability on representatives"...so let's replace it with a system that imposes zero accountability on representatives whatsoever? That's an alternative, but not a solution.
To the article: "Modern policy is too complex for there to be meaningful electoral accountability. Electoral capture is too easy and too important for powerful interests. So, what’s the alternative? Get rid of elections. Use lotteries to select political officials."
...What? "Elections imposes insufficient accountability on representatives"...so let's replace it with a system that imposes zero accountability on representatives whatsoever? That's an alternative, but not a solution.