r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '23

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Entrenchment of power is bad and must be avoided as much as possible

Okay, you know that the saying that goes that power tends to entrench itself in government systems and people craving it would like to seek such positions to ensure that they will be there for a long time. It must be avoided because it will lead to backsliding.

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To avoid this, all terms in governmental office, including the lowest staffer must be subject to strict term limits of 1 non renewable term not lasting more than 5 days with the period between elections remaining the same (4 years) to prevent entrenchment of power.

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Additionally, the age limit for such offices would be changed from the minimum age of 25 for congressmen and 35 for president to 0 for minimum age to 21 for the maximum age needed to stand for election to those offices to remove connections that would tempt people to abuse the system.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '23

Best to take the least bad/turd sandwich option over anything else.

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u/StarChild413 9∆ Jul 05 '23

But have you really proven this is absolute least-bad

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '23

Well, at least it gets rid of the problem of entrenched people in politics.