Hey, so I’ve created a community to discuss and talk about sortition, a type of governance where leaders and officials are chosen at random. This was practiced by ancient Athens, and is considered to be much better at representation than normal democracy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition

  • jtrek@startrek.website
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    22 hours ago

    A politician having a reputation for corruption and self-dealing is one of the few things that voters uniformly don’t like, and will actually act on at the polls.

    I would have agreed with you before Trump. The power of conservative in-group solidarity is powerful, especially when multiplied by media support.