#reducedremuneration — Public Fediverse posts

@PeterLG
The perils of #StateCapture (or what I prefer to call #Theft) have been well documented over many decades, yet #privatisation continues apace from either side of the political divide (sure, a very small divide these days, still a divide). Which tends to confirm that elected officials don’t care about #DutyOfCare (unless it bites them in the arse) and do not actually represent you. Polies are in it for themselves and their retirement from politics plans and that’s it. If the best way for polies to look after their personal interests is to cosy up to the private sector and their cash hoovering schemes, then so be it — bunch of leeches, all of them (even if some are less leeches than others).

Thinking aloud, perhaps the solution would be massive cuts to politician remuneration so that it makes no sense to stay in politics for too long. It might open up the electoral contest to idealists genuinely entering politics for the greater good (albeit temporarily). Churn is not a big deal, in fact, it’s positively good imo. New blood and all. Churn also prevents the creation of influencial *cohorts* (factions) and *old guards* within Parliament and less time for polies to get corrupted in office, etc. Churn also makes voters think about their votes and hopefully make meaningful choices instead of *more of the same because I don’t want to think abot it*.

#Politics #ReducedTerms #ReducedRemuneration #PoliticalChurnIsGood #Idealism #Corruption #Nepotism #FactionPolitics ##GreaterGood

@PeterLG
The perils of #StateCapture (or what I prefer to call #Theft) have been well documented over many decades, yet #privatisation continues apace from either side of the political divide (sure, a very small divide these days, still a divide). Which tends to confirm that elected officials don’t care about #DutyOfCare (unless it bites them in the arse) and do not actually represent you. Polies are in it for themselves and their retirement from politics plans and that’s it. If the best way for polies to look after their personal interests is to cosy up to the private sector and their cash hoovering schemes, then so be it — bunch of leeches, all of them (even if some are less leeches than others).

Thinking aloud, perhaps the solution would be massive cuts to politician remuneration so that it makes no sense to stay in politics for too long. It might open up the electoral contest to idealists genuinely entering politics for the greater good (albeit temporarily). Churn is not a big deal, in fact, it’s positively good imo. New blood and all. Churn also prevents the creation of influencial *cohorts* (factions) and *old guards* within Parliament and less time for polies to get corrupted in office, etc. Churn also makes voters think about their votes and hopefully make meaningful choices instead of *more of the same because I don’t want to think abot it*.

#Politics #ReducedTerms #ReducedRemuneration #PoliticalChurnIsGood #Idealism #Corruption #Nepotism #FactionPolitics ##GreaterGood

@PeterLG
The perils of #StateCapture (or what I prefer to call #Theft) have been well documented over many decades, yet #privatisation continues apace from either side of the political divide (sure, a very small divide these days, still a divide). Which tends to confirm that elected officials don’t care about #DutyOfCare (unless it bites them in the arse) and do not actually represent you. Polies are in it for themselves and their retirement from politics plans and that’s it. If the best way for polies to look after their personal interests is to cosy up to the private sector and their cash hoovering schemes, then so be it — bunch of leeches, all of them (even if some are less leeches than others).

Thinking aloud, perhaps the solution would be massive cuts to politician remuneration so that it makes no sense to stay in politics for too long. It might open up the electoral contest to idealists genuinely entering politics for the greater good (albeit temporarily). Churn is not a big deal, in fact, it’s positively good imo. New blood and all. Churn also prevents the creation of influencial *cohorts* (factions) and *old guards* within Parliament and less time for polies to get corrupted in office, etc. Churn also makes voters think about their votes and hopefully make meaningful choices instead of *more of the same because I don’t want to think abot it*.

#Politics #ReducedTerms #ReducedRemuneration #PoliticalChurnIsGood #Idealism #Corruption #Nepotism #FactionPolitics ##GreaterGood

@PeterLG
The perils of #StateCapture (or what I prefer to call #Theft) have been well documented over many decades, yet #privatisation continues apace from either side of the political divide (sure, a very small divide these days, still a divide). Which tends to confirm that elected officials don’t care about #DutyOfCare (unless it bites them in the arse) and do not actually represent you. Polies are in it for themselves and their retirement from politics plans and that’s it. If the best way for polies to look after their personal interests is to cosy up to the private sector and their cash hoovering schemes, then so be it — bunch of leeches, all of them (even if some are less leeches than others).

Thinking aloud, perhaps the solution would be massive cuts to politician remuneration so that it makes no sense to stay in politics for too long. It might open up the electoral contest to idealists genuinely entering politics for the greater good (albeit temporarily). Churn is not a big deal, in fact, it’s positively good imo. New blood and all. Churn also prevents the creation of influencial *cohorts* (factions) and *old guards* within Parliament and less time for polies to get corrupted in office, etc. Churn also makes voters think about their votes and hopefully make meaningful choices instead of *more of the same because I don’t want to think abot it*.

#Politics #ReducedTerms #ReducedRemuneration #PoliticalChurnIsGood #Idealism #Corruption #Nepotism #FactionPolitics ##GreaterGood