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Letter: Your views on how to reboot democracy (4)

Published 30 October 2024

From Terry Klumpp, Melbourne, Australia

I favour the idea of a lottocracy because it would, in effect, eliminate those career-politicians who have rarely or never had a real job outside politics and so haven’t experienced what it is like to actually have to work for a living. Some may also be subservient to their rich donors. Because of this, we end up with an “oligarchy” under the guise of a democracy.

Issue no. 3515 published 2 November 2024

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