military service was compulsory for the ancient greeks and is compulsory today in israel
imo everyone who wants the right to vote ought to be required to serve some level of civic responsibility
if you dont participate directly then you dont participate at all
everyone ought to get a share of the power and the blame and imo this would elevate the social and political sophistication of the entire culture
the argument might be that people would be put in positions they are not qualified for which is pretty much whats happening anyway a lot of times but since the whole populace would get first hand experience in the system the whole populace would get insider insight to the challenges and complexities of the relevant issues
and given a long enough time line the best ideas will make it to the top - its just a matter of open and honest public discourse and being flexible and ingenuitive enough to adopt new ideas without violating essential ideals
People are complicated.
