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It's really, ah, silly to claim this is a new idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition dates back to ancient Athens
by andrewflnr 10mo ago
It's really, ah, silly to claim this is a new idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition dates back to ancient Athens.
- JKCalhoun 10mo ago"Perhaps we can use this wild ancient idea to build a new, better democracy for the 21st century and beyond…" I think they're acknowledging as much.
- gwbas1c 10mo ago> Perhaps we can use this wild ancient idea to build a new, better democracy for the 21st century and beyond… The linked page makes it very clear that this is an old idea.
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- andrewflnr 10mo agoI did miss that one time, but they spend a lot more words calling it "new". And I read their table of contents which also didn't spend any significant time on history.
- gwbas1c 10mo agoThe linked PDF, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66d70657deaace3ac1fc44a0/t/66e091fd5243bf7d8f2dcda5/1725993469879/Lottocracy+the+basics.pdf https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66d70657deaace3ac1fc4..., makes it very clear this is an old idea on page 3.