Empty Speech Game

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Originally Posted by Banefull

I could not agree more on this. When it comes to lobbying, the degree to which it has taken over the system is appalling.

In a world containing over six billion people surely there are those who would lead properly. Those who are motivated by concerns only to serve. The problem comes in how to find them. How should we go about appointing leaders.

For most of human history, it was Monarchs with leadership appointed by birth but its a mixed bag of extremes. You can have that wonderful king whom all the peasants love but quite often also, you get the evil tyrant who chops off heads.

What we have now is a system that encourages politicians to compete with each other in election with the hope that the best will make it by vote. The only problem is that it has become not the best but those who can raise money and advertise more, put on a big smiling face and sign bills for the whims of special interest groups. We try take human greed and naturally bend it towards common interest but it doesn't always work.

So how do we go about picking the leaders? How do we fix democracy or what better system can replace it?

Could we perhaps try and make the job of a politician the most unappealing in the world so that only those who genuinely wanted to serve would ever dare try?

We can get the best people into the leadership jobs by separating the private sector from government. That's something we can all agree on. Using this logic the word 'government' would actually mean something. They can be left to 'govern' and uphold ethics, laws and the bill of rights while the functionality of human progress and can be left to the private sector.

Edit: Good suggestions Tsyal Makto.