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Matthew
@matthew
what do we think the effect would be if we paid politicians way way more e.g. US president $1b salary for four years, senators $100m etc
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tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
I’d prefer the opposite over this — have to take a vow of poverty for rest of life to become a politician
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@bias
can’t even fathom what this would do, but I assume only make them further complacent than they already are we desperately need to move to a results based payment system for those roles in society going forward
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sparkz
@jacy
They only get the salary if their policies generate proportionate revenues (and/or improvements to some other more important societal metrics).
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greg
@gregfromstl
There’d be a lot more competition leading to better surface-level options. The problem is democracy selects for popularity rather than effectiveness so they would just be more charismatic, not necessarily better.
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zoo
@zoo
they should live on tips
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miguelito
@mc
Even more egregious egocentric behavior and self-dealing
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Edmund Edgar (goat/acc)
@edmundedgar.eth
President: Not much difference. Senators: They'd never retire.
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Konohime
@konohime.eth
They would be less corrupted I suppose? But it will require something like a "liquid democracy" (= being able to change our vote during a mandate if they do something we don't like)
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P
@whiteneck
I’m sympathetic to the idea that it could create more competitive races, but I think you’d quickly get diminishing returns after a much lower number I think where higher salaries would make a bigger dent on candidate quantity and quality would be for local elected officials
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Bonje
@bonje
Wouldn’t change a thing
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