There is a much better cure: abolish elections in favor of a sortition-based system. Selecting leaders by lottery seems counterintuitive, but it has a lot of ad

There is a much better cure: abolish elections in favor of a sortition-based system. Selecting leaders by lottery seems counterintuitive, but it has a lot of advantages. It prevents the creation of cabals and a political class, reduces the impact of propaganda, and prevents demagogues from rising to power. It's hardly a new idea either. It's been used since ancient times and is still occasionally uses today. Ireland selected 40% of the delegates to its 2012 constitutional convention by sortition.