68 The New York Times: Elections Are Bad for Democracy (web.archive.org) posted 273 days ago by Lurker404 273 days ago by Lurker404 +68 / -0 Opinion | Elections Are Bad for Democracy Leaders are less likely to be corrupt when they’re chosen at random. 50 comments share 50 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The founders kind of accounted for that but at some point we threw all of that out the window and let the plebs vote directly for every elected position, which has lead to questionable results.