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This is a perfect explanation why many political positions could be akin jury duty. What if the mayor election would be among 4 randomly picked citizens?
by fierarul 6y ago
This is a perfect explanation why many political positions could be akin jury duty. What if the mayor election would be among 4 randomly picked citizens?
- vulcan01 6y agoThe ancient Athenians used something similar to select their leaders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Ancient_Athens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#Ancient_Athens EDIT: I remember this from a Historia Civilis video: https://youtu.be/pIgMTsQXg3Q https://youtu.be/pIgMTsQXg3Q You should watch the whole thing (it's pretty interesting) but skip to 8m00s to watch the part about sortition.
- Barrin92 6y agoI agree, what I also find very surprising about this topic is when it comes up with my American friends is that they seem so alienated by the concept. Which I find surprising, because my (admittedly somewhat limited) understanding is that the fear of established, professionalised, closed-up armies is actually a very ur-American idea, threatening peace, equality and so on. I guess the same could be applied to a lot of the over-militarised police and border agency situations that hit the news all the time. Civic oversight and less professionalisation, more popular control I always thought would be natural ideas across the pond.
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> the fear of established, professionalised, closed-up armies is actually a very ur-American idea, threatening peace, equality and so on. Indeed; if you read the documents, antipathy to the concept of a standing army is a primary motivation for the second amendment.