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My approach is different, two houses (assemblies) one elected and one via sortition. Elected can propose and pass but sortition house can block. Basically the
by noir_lord 7y ago
My approach is different, two houses (assemblies) one elected and one via sortition.
Elected can propose and pass but sortition house can block.
Basically the commons/lords setup but with the lord's replaced with random people.
That way the politicians answer directly to the people (or a random sample) of them.
- brigandish 7y agoI have been thinking exactly the same. I now have to wonder if you work at Facebook and have "read my mind" via my likes… ;-) I been musing on whether there should be some small barriers to joining, as there is in jury service - perhaps the elected get to oppose a certain number of candidates, or they must pass a civics/governance test first so at least they've some technical knowledge going in. I can see that being twisted into something bad though. Much as I dislike the Lords Spiritual in the current system, I wonder if the sortition should embrace it and be a "tulip farm" of certain interest groups e.g. 20 each for religion, business, justice, commoners etc, as then there's a definite base of understanding in important areas. However it would be arranged it'd be hard for it to be worse than having the Lords full of lords though.