...where everyone votes on who they think would be the best leader? And then the person with the most votes becomes the leader for a few years, until the next election happens?
Yeah. Pretty much every kind of leadership position from the top-down does it. Local leaders, country leaders, you name it. The only exception is the Emperor and that's a ceremonial title only, he doesn't hold any actual power to lead the country.
It's not perfect, but it helps us keep from getting stuck with one corrupt leader.
Even if someone corrupt is voted in, he or she won't last long. Elections happen every few years for that exact reason.
The trade off is that there's no super-long stretches of stability. Every few years there's transfers of leadership and the first few months after can be a little rocky.
Yeah. Even a person with the best of intentions can become corrupted by power if they are given plenty of it without accountability to keep them in check.
That's exactly the kind of thing that elections are supposed to prevent! An unaging leader who leads for thousands of years will stagnate at best, or fall into corruption at worst!
[Oh. This actually might explain a few things he had been wondering about.]
I won't say it's perfect, there's ways for unscrupulous people to take advantage of it. But so long as most people involved mean well, it can be done in a way that protects everyone. I'm not an expert on it or anything though, I just know what I was taught. And it sounds better than "one unaging person controls everything" to me.
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-28 04:38 am (UTC)And this kind of thing is common...?
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-28 04:45 am (UTC)[a beat.]
I suppose I'm just curious. It works differently where I am from.
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:47 am (UTC)Even if someone corrupt is voted in, he or she won't last long. Elections happen every few years for that exact reason.
The trade off is that there's no super-long stretches of stability. Every few years there's transfers of leadership and the first few months after can be a little rocky.
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:52 am (UTC)[wild (at least to her). after a moment:]
It seems useful.
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:35 pm (UTC)Is that not the case where you're from?
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:41 pm (UTC)No. The same person has been in power for thousands of years.
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Date: 2022-02-28 01:54 pm (UTC)The same person???
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Date: 2022-02-28 02:08 pm (UTC)Corrupt may be an understatement... It is why I was so curious about your system. An alternative is desperately needed.
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Date: 2022-02-28 04:27 pm (UTC)I won't say it's perfect, there's ways for unscrupulous people to take advantage of it. But so long as most people involved mean well, it can be done in a way that protects everyone. I'm not an expert on it or anything though, I just know what I was taught. And it sounds better than "one unaging person controls everything" to me.
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