Also, interestingly, Heinlein had the civil service side have positions available for anyone with the mental capacity to take an oath. (You’re a paraplegic with a heart condition and blind but you really want to be able to vote? OK, we think it is a bad idea but we will figure out some kind of semi hazardous duty you can perform in order to earn the right.
The thing you have to remember is-Heinlein wasn’t describing a new political system, He was telling a story about an entirely different society with different values from our own. Our society does not currently have enough altruism in it to consider such a system.
why does it have to be hazardous duty at all?
as long as its not service to the state as the only option, because I would oppose that with every fiber of my being