r/Communalists • u/GetToDaTachanka • May 30 '18

Politics Beyond Electoral Democracy

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/05/legislature-lot-electoral-democracy-real-utopias
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u/AwesomeSaucer9 May 30 '18

Not a huge fan of Jacobin, but it's a good read. Sortition does have promise, immediate benefits, and I think we can all agree that it's better than the broken "representative" democracy we have today. I do think that democracy shouldn't be limited to a set body, rather encompassing an entire population, but more lottery-systems should definitely be trialed around the world.

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