• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Unironically this would help. The ones enforcing regulatory capture are the ones who have been in their positions the longest.

        If the corporations have to constantly introduce themselves to the new politicians, it greatly increases the cost and lowers the lifetime value of the money they’re spending on lobbying.

        • SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          It might help, but not in isolation, imo. I think there is value to both having new people with new ideas as well as having people with knowledge of how institutions work. If you have entirely new representatives every term, then everyone is learning things anew (from the corporate lobbyists who are their same jobs for every legislative session). If we did away with private money in politics and publicly funded campaigns, then I think the case for strict term limits is stronger

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            1 year ago

            I mean obviously the best solution is to remove private money entirely. It’s disgustingly biased against the majority of citizens.

            A one term limit is silly, for the reason you mention. But 3-4 seems plenty to get a mix of seasoned representatives and new ideas.

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      This had been implemented in some places, and it’s only caused corruption to go up and the quality of politicians to go down. Term limits aren’t the silver bullet we need, they’re actually bad.

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      I’m for term limits but one term is a bit short. Like with any job, it takes some time to really learn the way the system works and to be effective in the position.

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      1 year ago

      We limited the presidency to two terms. As a thought experiment, do you think Trump could have beaten Obama?

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        Nope. I also don’t think trump could have beaten clinton prior to Obama. I think trump was a reaction to Obama.