I think it’s flimsy compared to simply making public office less appealing to people who want to be rich. It’s one of the few places where I think Plato was on to something, minus the caste part.
Honestly I like it as an idea, I have no idea how you’d make it work in practice, but I find the idea of “anyone could become an official, so everyone needs to be educated to a high standard” appealing. I like the idea of a society that greatly values education, and I like the idea of the people being ready and capable to take on an important role whenever required? Practicality? I could see it working for devolved government dealing with local issues, but higher levels of organization probably wouldn’t work well.
