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[–] Jearom 48 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Paywall removed: https://archive.is/UozLV

In my view, the gerontocracy is a side effect of deeper, systemic issues: too much power in incumbency, too much power placed in the hands of the hands of too few, too much power given to money. I would prioritize these three changes to fix our democracy:

  1. Publicly funded elections
  2. Uncap the House
  3. Term limits on the Supreme Court

That’s it. Everything else flows downhill from there.

[–] Bitswap 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you expand on 2 (uncap the house)? I'm not familiar enough to know what that refers to.

Fully agree with 1 and 3 though.

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