[spicebox]

> There is no good democratic outcome for $175K a year jobs that cost half a billion dollars to apply for.

I would argue that this is a reason to reform our electoral system rather than just resign ourselves to a corrupt system. If it didn’t cost half a billion dollars to become a politician and the pay better reflected the job responsibilities (along with other reforms) we’d probably see less corruption

[sdenton4]

Is there a word for the situation where incumbents produced by a system try to maintain that system even though it's shite for everyone else?

Politicians hate electoral reform.