A New Form of Democracy

First for clarification, this debate is specifically about the philosophy of this form of government. It is not about me trying to set up a government with every little detail and logistical consideration that is based on this idea.

That being said, I will most likely try to construct a bare bones government off of this philosophy since I would imagine it'd easier for both me and con to hinge our arguments around it.

        This form of governing has a cornucopia of benefits. Here are three main benefits as an appetizer:

1. It helps the message of a politician be far more concise and straight-forward. Let's assume that scientists, doctors, mathematicians, and all the sort is grouped to vote for the same commission – we'll call it the Commission of Science and Medications. Since they are electing commissioners that are constrained to a very straightforward agenda – being sciences and medications – confusion on what a politician plans to do will be much more avoidable. This directly attacks misinformation and misinterpretation, which in coming years has shown to have detrimental effects on governments.

2. The electorate is by nature more knowledgeable about what the politician is talking about. This is simple fact. A politician running for the Commission of Sciences and Medications is being voted on by people who have devoted their lives to understanding Sciences and/or Medications. Therefore, it would be exceedingly difficult for a mal-intending politician to spread false information. If a bad actor were running for the Commission of Science and Medications, they would most likely find it exceedingly difficult to convince their electorate of scientists that climate change isn't real than they would when trying to convince the general public.

3. While the American political system has six people that a person can vote on (State/Federal=4 congressional representatives, Governor, President), this system could have four people to vote on (State/Federal=2 Administrative commissioners, 2 personalized commissioners). This greatly reduces the amount of information that people need to deal with. In fact, six is far too time consuming that most people don't even bother voting for (let alone researching about) their state congressmen. By doing that, they're reducing the amount of information they must consume from six people down to four people, as this alternate offers. Zooming out to highlight this problem, in the British parliament, there are 650 federal members that each vote on policy representing everyone's voice. In this new philosophy however, there would only be 22 federal commissioners (or less even depending on the government) that vote on policy representing the individual's voice. In response to the idea that there would be tons of politicians with all of the commissions, let's do the math. 650 (British members of parliament) - 11 (Administrative Commission)= 639... 639/11(Per commission)= 58.09. Therefore it would take just shy of 60 commissions in this philosophy to meet the size of the British parliament! In complete guesswork, we would probably have half or even less than that in this system. Overall, much less information that could confuse a person.

The quote speaks only the truth, and we can expedite this process by having an electorate composed of those who already have been brought the facts.

        Main benefit two:

This too is simply the truth. It is easier to move policy through a council of say 11 people than it is to plod policy through a party of 545 people (435 representatives, 100 senators, 1 president, and 9 Supreme Court justices). This is especially true if the 11 people are all experts at understanding in specific the policies that they are voting on, while in the American government, 50 or even 99% of the people voting on the issue don't fully understand what they're voting for.

Should the strings that chart the path for forging policy be unraveled from an intertwining ball of yarn to fine threads, a substantially more flexible government is the result.

        Main benefit three:

All commissions will have their specific role, and their power cannot extend beyond it. The Commission of Retail Labor Practices – This will include cashiers, servers, and even restaurant owners – will be able to decide what is and isn't allowed in the common retail workplace, but that's it. They won't have the power to sway the economy, nor will they have the power to ban books or websites that they don't like.

For the head commission, we will need some strong safety breaks on them since they control two potentially completely overpowering powers. After all, it would be logical that this commission shows heavy biases toward the commission with the largest electorate, therefore funding them disproportionately and potentially even assigning them issues that they certainly should have no reign over. To combat this, we can value all commissions equally in a movement for impeachment. With this, one would find it much harder to pick on the little guys. Say it takes only 2/5ths of the commissions to impeach an administrative official. With a relatively low bar to impeach, it would certainly keep the Administrative Commission on best behavior.

Now, I will go on the offensive to point out flaws in some other governments which can be solved with this philosophy:

As for my prototypical government, I have already been introducing things throughout my argument that would be present in my government – such as 11 commissioners per commission and 2/5ths vote to impeach an administrative commissioner.

Here are some add-on's that I will put into this form of government as I wrap up my intro:

Sources:

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_118732#:~:text=Abraham%20Lincoln%20Quotes&text=Please%20enable%20Javascript-,I%20am%20a%20firm%20believer%20in%20the%20people.,to%20meet%20any%20national%20crisis. - Abraham Lincoln quote on an informed electorate

https://quotefancy.com/quote/1619648/Narendra-Modi-Government-systems-suffer-from-two-weaknesses-They-are-complex-And-they-are - Narendra Modi quote on swift government action

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/34778-the-peaceable-part-of-mankind-will-be-continually-overrun-by#:~:text=The%20balance%20of%20power%20is,the%20weak%20will%20become%20prey. - Thomas Paine on balance of power

Hey thanks for new debate and different topic.  Good luck to pro and the audience.  

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