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[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Career politicians are a cancer for any democracy. But I could also see term limits being another obstacle they overcome by plaguing various other elected positions and using the influence they've gathered.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Career politicians are a cancer for any democracy.

As are career lobbyists - who have an even easier time manipulating inexperienced newly-minted legislators. Term limits are a panacea as far as fixing our democracy is concerned.

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

We have term limits already. You lose an election, your terms are thereby limited. Im really not trying to be facetious, but passing term limits means we have an electorate that woke up and pushed for them.

That increased level of democratic engagement is what we need, not necessarily term limits themselves. We already have the means to vote out crappy incumbents, but we don’t. You can’t legislate your way out of political disengagement, that’s my take, I guess.