Ya. I've always thought the answer was more deliberative democracy. Hard to imagine how that can happen with modern media funded by advertising, the outrage eng

Ya. I've always thought the answer was more deliberative democracy. Hard to imagine how that can happen with modern media funded by advertising, the outrage engine fueled by anxiety and fear. Stuff like Oregon's experiments with Citizen Juries have kept my hope alive. Barely. "Jefferson Smith talks with Linn Davis from Healthy Democracy. Linn oversees the Citizens Initiative Review, in which Oregon voters deliberate a ballot initiative and provide a statement for the voters' pamphlet. The use of citizens' juries to weigh in on public policy has been exported to other states and other countries, including Switzerland where Linn Davis visited in the Fall of 2019." https://democracynerd.us/episode/exporting-oregon-style-democracy https://democracynerd.us/episode/exporting-oregon-style-demo...