68 The New York Times: Elections Are Bad for Democracy (web.archive.org) posted 2 years ago by Lurker404 2 years 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
Historical Siam had a great method.
There was a royal family, the eldest son was to be king and other sons were sent to a Buddhist monastery to train as a monk.
When things got tense, someone assassinated the crown prince, and the people got a philosopher monk instead.
Win!