Actually, is that (getting the "plumbers' union", as a metaphor for the people of the nation, to review the actions of the administrative and judicial branch) the core idea of representative democracy? The Representatives are supposed to be a sampling of the population
That they are -- many if not most of them -- career politicians is an unfortunate but natural byproduct of the system.
Hmm. I think there's more than one point of view regarding that -- whether career politicians are an unfortunate side effect or a necessary evil in the design. That is, whether the representatives are supposed to be chosen from the people they represent, to be sample members of their communities standing in for larger groups; or people skilled specifically in the arts of governance and negotiation-with-other-politicians, hired (elected) to represent those communities using their professional politician skills.
Either way, you do make a good point: that asking the plumbers union to review laws in a democracy or republic isn't as goofy an example as it was supposed to sound like.
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That they are -- many if not most of them -- career politicians is an unfortunate but natural byproduct of the system.
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Either way, you do make a good point: that asking the plumbers union to review laws in a democracy or republic isn't as goofy an example as it was supposed to sound like.