Reducing the power of any potential rivals is supposed to make a position more attractive to the trustworthy? That sounds rather backwards.

Can you articulate an equilibrium of political economy that reflects your redesign? Like what’s the role of politics in economics?

> reduces corporate power enough we might actually be able to get some trustworthy people into office

If what did? The history of expropriation is one way: the rulers and their families accumulate the jewels. OpenAI gets fined and given to Biden, Meta gets fined and given to Trump. The economy gets divided by the people who have the power to seize.