I like it. But why execute them? I think just putting them in the stocks for a day or two and throwing tomatoes at them ought to suffice. :-) And if they did well in office, you could hold a big celebration party for them.

I think a government based on random selection of people would work very well indeed. It would be a singular honor to be one of those chosen, and most people would take it very seriously and try their best to do a good job in all probability, knowing that their neighbours and fellow citizens were counting on them.

Given the nature of party machines, a person is almost bound to be compromised and corrupted by the existing system long before he ever gets elected.

- LH