04-07-2018, 11:50 AM | #281 |
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Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems
One thing I just thought of. It is not purely governmental as private citizens will also be using this idea in some societies but it certainly has bearing on government. I remembered that brides with smallpox scars had a higher value in the matchmaking network-because they proved they would be less likely to die without producing an heir.
Suppose in an aristocratic society there is a process of buying insurance on marriages. Not just life insurance similar to what we have now, but a whole network of insurance's to satisfy the interests of the differing dynasties. For instance nobles might be able to buy a type of life insurance that will guarantee against assassination but not against fratricide(a possible and gameworthy corralary is that the company maintains it's own bounty hunters). Insurance against sterility, liability insurance against illegitimacy judgements in court, etc. The point is to add a whole bunch of obscure insurance contracts appropriate to a society where blood, property, and government are innately integrated. Something that might exist on Barrayar for instance.
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04-07-2018, 01:03 PM | #282 |
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I've not read the whole thread but try this, a theocracy where the gods compete to be the god of the state.
The deities campaign for office manifesting to their high priests and others to explain their platforms and other matters. The deity that wins then runs reality for the next stellar cycle. The parties are aligned in pantheons.
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04-07-2018, 01:12 PM | #283 | |
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04-07-2018, 05:21 PM | #284 | |
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04-07-2018, 05:28 PM | #285 | |
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04-07-2018, 09:42 PM | #286 | |
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04-07-2018, 09:44 PM | #287 | |
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Imagine a society that requires as a prerequisite for office that you have to have had some non-political employment, and have been self-supporting at it, for a time period (say 5 years), before trying for office. Employment be literally working for someone else, or self-employment, but it can't be anything to do with government.
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04-08-2018, 08:56 AM | #288 | |
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It could prevent the establishment or maintenance of a 'patrician' class of professional politician.
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04-08-2018, 10:37 AM | #289 | |
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04-08-2018, 10:41 AM | #290 | |
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Perhaps the simplest approach that gets close without allowing for as much of that is an age test, not for office but for any government job. If you have to be at least 25 or 30 to be hired by the government or anyone serving in a political office, you most likely did *something* before then. Though I suppose it doesn't rule out a lobbying or other political influence or organizing career first though. Military careers are a bit of a problem though, governments like to hire youngsters for those.
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