political hot take
Inspired by another thread, possibly my hottest take regarding politics: politicians are the least qualified to be making societal decisions, and a literal random selection from the population would yield better outcomes.
This is because the publicly-perceived power of any such job position selects for those with the most hunger for power and the least interest in maintaining a healthy society where everyone thrives.
So far, so anarchist - but crucially, I think that *any* political model that is built with this in mind could work, even if it is not strictly anarchist. Notably, this includes an elected executive branch where actual policymaking is done by a randomly selected set of citizens, and politicians do not have any power over *what* gets implemented.
That is, "politician" becomes a bureaucratic government job, a type of clerk and potentially advisor, rather than a position of power.
political hot take (2)
(I do still feel that anarchism is ultimately a healthier long-term model, and a good goal to work towards, but I want to draw a distinction here between "things that are optimal" and "things that can work", which aren't quite the same list of things - the model described here may not be optimal but I think it can still work well enough)
