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I'm open for alternatives and improvements on what we currently have. I still don't feel very clear after reading what you just wrote. I don't think the US has

I'm open for alternatives and improvements on what we currently have. I still don't feel very clear after reading what you just wrote. I don't think the US has a pure representative democracy (citizens vote directly on many issues) and I also don't think representative democracy inherently leads to a binary red/blue decision, as I think number of political parties is often determined by the particular rules of the election process. Do you have any suggestions on how to improve the system?

zapataband1 5y ago
Liquid democracy in 60 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xln9CTzPbck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xln9CTzPbck
A4ET8a8uTh0 5y ago
Not the original poster, but whenever the topics comes up I tell one of the following semi-jokes ( semi, because I am more and more convinced we should try at least one ): 1. Automatic jail time for anyone, who held public office after they leave on the assumption that must have done something. Side benefit: prisons would improve drastically. 2. Absolutely random election for every office in the land. This should spice things up. Side benefit: we would quickly find out what exactly they higher ups want to do about overpopulation of the planet. 3. Term limits for congress. It will never happen, but it is nice to dream.
- jimkleiber 5y ago
  Haha, I'm not sure about #1, however I like #2 and #3. I think sortition (#2) could provide new perspectives and help us know whether we like our current system or not. I think overall I would prefer more short-term legislative experiments—the impression I get is that people (especially at the US federal level) try to write law or create programs ostensibly for the long-term, and I'm curious what a short-term experiment with reflection and re-evaluation would look like. E.g., trying sortition for one two elections, or a law that establishes term limits but has an expiration date.

zapataband1 5y ago

Liquid democracy in 60 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xln9CTzPbck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xln9CTzPbck

A4ET8a8uTh0 5y ago

Not the original poster, but whenever the topics comes up I tell one of the following semi-jokes ( semi, because I am more and more convinced we should try at least one ): 1. Automatic jail time for anyone, who held public office after they leave on the assumption that must have done something. Side benefit: prisons would improve drastically. 2. Absolutely random election for every office in the land. This should spice things up. Side benefit: we would quickly find out what exactly they higher ups want to do about overpopulation of the planet. 3. Term limits for congress. It will never happen, but it is nice to dream.

jimkleiber 5y ago
Haha, I'm not sure about #1, however I like #2 and #3. I think sortition (#2) could provide new perspectives and help us know whether we like our current system or not. I think overall I would prefer more short-term legislative experiments—the impression I get is that people (especially at the US federal level) try to write law or create programs ostensibly for the long-term, and I'm curious what a short-term experiment with reflection and re-evaluation would look like. E.g., trying sortition for one two elections, or a law that establishes term limits but has an expiration date.