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And those elected officials are beholden to the highest bidder. In the current system, the people who make CA decisions acquired that power voluntarily and seem to have acted benevolently in the past, that's way more than you can say about government officials.

The current voluntary system is also very open, and anyone can get involved and participate to a much larger extent than people realistically can in an electoral democracy. To me, the voluntary system seems to be better and safer for everyone who doesn't have a very large amount of money to throw at elections.