> Practically speaking, how do you ensure that the new government doesn't become corrupt in a year or two? Or more importantly, how do you restore the people's faith in their government so that they participate?
Here's how I'd do it: pass laws specifically forbidding these actions by government officials, the punishment being death. And then when someone violates the law, you kill them. You wouldn't have to do this too many times before the problem magically disappeared.
I think this would both fix the corruption problem as well as restore faith in government.
> Here's how I'd do it: pass laws specifically forbidding these actions by government officials, the punishment being death. And then when someone violates the law, you kill them. You wouldn't have to do this too many times before the problem magically disappeared.
All that would do is wind up killing a bunch of 3rd party candidates and anti-establishment types. You can't simply place a law and then expect it to be 100% accurate let alone the people determining guilt be 100% ethical. A corrupt judge could kill a whole lot of people with this type of law.
My assertion is that there are different levels of corruption. If EG ended up being just as corrupt as Nigeria after the eliminating of the current regime, it would still be a victory for the people. They might even do better than that.
And maybe structurally changing how oil revenues are handled; not allowing any new leader to directly control them for personal benefit.
that only works if the corruption hadn't reached the courts. and how does the average citizen check that?
corruption has to be fixed from a third party.
> that only works if the corruption hadn't reached the courts. and how does the average citizen check that? corruption has to be fixed from a third party.
You are 95% right. The problem is, the third party always decides it might be a good idea to take something for themselves, and we're right back where we started.
But I don't buy the idea that it's not possible, it's just never been tried before.
Here's how I'd do it: pass laws specifically forbidding these actions by government officials, the punishment being death. And then when someone violates the law, you kill them. You wouldn't have to do this too many times before the problem magically disappeared.
I think this would both fix the corruption problem as well as restore faith in government.