I just had this stupid thought but maybe we shouldn’t have career politicians and have government be run by people who have real jobs and they take like five years off to run the country and then go back to work???
Like how academic societies and other charitable organisations are often run… I dunno, just a stupid thought…
@drmambobob The problem is, we've built governments so complicated that it takes a specialist to be able to run them.
There's a ton of laws and procedures and background that all interact, and unless you're a professional studying it long-term, you won't know how at all works.
We hire professional politicians because we don't have the time or interest to learn about it ourselves, so we hire these people to do it.
It's a specialization, just like being a mechanic or doctor or anything else that requires study.
