What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people? – TED Talk

[trumped]

https://www.ted.com/talks/brett_hennig_what_if_we_replaced_politicians_with_randomly_selected_people?rss

[asdfman123]

My question is how would we find people to do things like write new healthcare law? Would we have an army of consultants? Would they have the real power, because they could navigate the complexities?

[smt88 → asdfman123]

This is already the case in the US Congress. Legislators have teams to research, write, and understand the laws they propose and sign.

The legislators themselves spend most of their time campaigning and fundraising.