there must definitely be a better system for assigning leadership of a state than regular elections.
a leader cannot think with the scope of a long-time horizon when they are at the whim of being polled for the immediate results of all their decisions.
we must retvrn to the roman emperor model, with a better approach to succession.
I'm not sure that would be any better. Being in power long enough affords them the ability to cast of any means of succession.
I think more important is to make the leader a figurehead with less powers, and have powers instead vested in smaller government institutions that are closer to the people.
leadership assignment isn't an issue.
Unfettered power is.
Consider a world where any new law may be defeated if 15% of the population votes against it. What war is going to be waged ? What restrictions of freedom may be voted in ? What overspending may be engaged in ?
Many such checks may now be implemented with public key cryptography.
Leaders are fine. Rogue agents as leaders are not.
futarchy
