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From what I understand, the US legal system has the jury duty as a form of sortition, who make life or death decisions. It is a solution to make the governing
by a_imho 9y ago
From what I understand, the US legal system has the jury duty as a form of sortition, who make life or death decisions.
It is a solution to make the governing bodies more inclusive and representative, which is the title of the article. No winner takes all, no fake news, no votes buying, no suspicious campaign donations, probably no 2 party system, less oligarchies, corruption and nepotism. What is not to like? Wikipedia [1] does list a couple of points, all debatable and/or easily countered imo.
I also happen to like how seamlessly it integrates with the current representative model and remains scalable as opposed to more direct approaches.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Disadvantages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Disadvantages
from the average voter pov, who benefit little to none from the current establishment in this presumption
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoThe big difference that I see from juries, is that juries only choose from a fairly limited selection of possibilities, and they have a few specifically identified professionals (the judge and the lawyers for each side) who guide them through the process. With an actual government, there are only a few constraints and everything else is open to them. There are also thousands of interested parties trying to influence them instead of just two. That would make their job much more challenging than being a juror. It could potentially end up handing more power to lobbyists because of the inexperience of the people in power and resulting in more corruption because there are no longer have to hide it to ensure re-election.
- a_imho 9y agoI mean it is already practiced in some form, this is not a whole new concept. Of course, there are discussions to be held about the implementation details, including the governments reach and the checks and regulations. A lot can be argued about what political experience brings to the table (imo bad things for the very large part, but that is a ugly can of worms). Personally, I would trust my neighbor more to do The Right Thing, than any career politician. Nevertheless, a sampling based method is much more representative and more in line with the rule of the people idea.