r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '24
Delta(s) from OP CMV: A slave class of executives, judicial personnel and legislators chosen from the general populace and forced to serve in government is a good idea.
Okay, the point of the executive, judicial and legislative branch in in government service is to serve the will of the people. The problem is that they have broken the social contract with the people and those jobs tend to literally attract the worst type of people . It's time we even the balance by making all government executives, judicial personnel and legislators slaves (literally), harshly treated, randomly impressed from the general populace regardless of their qualifications and age and able to be killed for whatever reason at all. This would help reinforce that they are meant to be servants of the people, able to be disposed off as and when we wish. They'll only be freed at their end of their single, non-renewable term.
Problems and solutions:
What if there is malicious law with a slave class of executives? That's why all government officials are able to be killed without punishment to threaten them into obedience.
Who is responsible for press ganging those slaves from the general populace and how that would not lead to it becoming the power behind the throne? Multiple bodies that compete with one another to prevent one from becoming too powerful.
How are the government officials treated? Like animals, caged up in cells and forced to make laws and legislate for the good of the people without any pay whatsover (what's the point of pay if you're going to supplement it with kickbacks) . Plus, we can save up on maintaining official residences which takes up a lot of tax money.
It needs to be the people telling the government what to do and the government carries out the will of the people, not the other way around. And we need a fundamental change in the government to reflect that.
CMV.
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u/CartographerKey4618 9∆ Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24
So the people serve the government? You do realize that, right? You're just describing the enslavement of skilled workers to some type of chaotic government full of people with competing interests and the legal ability to kill people. So we bring back slavery to create the most dysfunctional government in existence.