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This is a good article. Democracy seems to work well over periods of a relative sense of unity, like after WW2, when the world's nations realized that this is t
by buboard 7y ago
This is a good article. Democracy seems to work well over periods of a relative sense of unity, like after WW2, when the world's nations realized that this is their final borders and these are the final people they 'll live with. I think sortition is a great way to bring to the test any democracy: If you know that your neighbor might be the Judge of you next week, you adjust your life, and demand adjustments of his life, in a way that ends up being more fair for both of you. Unfortunately today's democracy is being used as a tool for one mob to spite another.
- seba_dos1 7y agoThe borders after WW2 were nowhere near being final, and it's unlikely that they're final even today.
- buboard 7y agoAgreed, though I think that in everyone's mind, the perceived cost of reshuffling borders once again in Europe had become unbearable considering the devastation and horror of WW2
- seba_dos1 7y agoYet it still happens - just right out of my head: Ukraine, at least according to some parties, has changed its borders recently and not exactly in a peaceful way; Yugoslavia doesn't exist anymore and neither does the Serbia and Montenegro. And, of course, it's way more messy if you go outside of Europe.