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Comment by jaggederest

The issue with randomly selected representation is that the support staff start to become the ones who effectively make the decisions.

This is the same issue with term limits (which to be clear, I'm in favor of, but we have to go in with our eyes open), which is that e.g. the congressional staffers gain power, especially if they persist across the end of the term limit.

In these kinds of cases, you almost need term limits for staff, which feels pretty cruel and arbitrary - "Thank you for making a career in public service but you are now legally barred from your chosen career"

parent jaggederest 10 months ago

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