Rich Felker
@paninid I don't think we need specifically this institution, but we do need mechanisms with far lower burden of proof than criminal or even civil trial to determine "this person is unfit to hold any position of great power in public or private sphere".
The harms from denying a particular person life or liberty without a high bar of evidence are great, but the harms of denying a particular person powerful office are basically zilch. There's always someone else who can do it.
Coach Pāṇini ®
This process wasn’t used frequently, but it was politically potent.
It allowed the public to remove influential figures without trial or formal charges, acting as a pressure valve for civic tensions.
Ostracism was not necessarily a punishment for wrong doing,it was a preemptive measure to protect the fragile balance of power in the young democracy.
One famous example is Themistocles, a celebrated general who helped defeat the Persians at the Battle of Salamis.
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Coach Pāṇini ®
In Classical Athens, ostracism was a unique democratic safeguard designed to prevent any one citizen from gaining excessive power. Once a year, the assembly could vote to hold an ostracism.
If approved, citizens would inscribe a name on a shard of pottery called an ostrakon.
The person with the most votes, if they exceeded a minimum threshold was exiled for ten years, though they retained property and could return afterward.
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alihan_banan
@paninid i propose radical christians to follow the Jesus's teachings and every year, send the greediest person alive straight to hell.
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