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Replacing electing a president with picking a president by lottery where every citizen is elligible (if they decline, move to the next person on the list) is st

by __s 9y ago

Replacing electing a president with picking a president by lottery where every citizen is elligible (if they decline, move to the next person on the list) is still democracy: over time the opinions of the presidents in aggregate will be representational of how widespread those opinions are in the population

yters 9y ago
That's the plot of GK Chesterton's Napoleon of Notting Hill. Also how some ancient Greek city states used to elect their leaders.
- nitrogen 9y ago
  Sortiton is the term for those wondering: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition