A possible solution to leadership failure is clear: Scrap elections and replace them with democratic lotteries. In place of elected officials would be, as the ancient Greeks envisioned, Ho Boulomenous, or “anyone who wishes.”
Instead of electing rich, polished politicians who are tied to special interests, we should be getting the masses to govern. They want to replace the entire legislature with ordinary people, selected at random in the same way we choose jackpot winners.
Wonder if this would work? I mean jurors are chosen randomly (in the USA anyway). I’m not involved in US politics, but it did get me thinking that there are a lot of problems with politics in general, and politicians. With a random process we’d also end up rotating these people like banks do for bank managers to ensure there is no entrenchment and working around the system. Can it be worse than is already happening in some countries? Clearly “elected officials” have not been shining brightly around the world.
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Yes part of the problem is often those who are least qualified can be resented by others, or those who lack some years of experience in life. Maybe the starting point (just like for any business solution) is to decide what is actually needed to do the job. Although that said, the US jury system I understand comprises of anyone selected, and they are guided in law by the judge. In that way a citizen plays an oversight role, but needs to ask difficult questions about why, who benefits, what risks, what if we do nothing, etc.