Not exactly a new idea...but I do think it's one that is underused in democratic societies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

Not exactly a new idea...but I do think it's one that is underused in democratic societies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition Having said that, it doesn't seem obvious to me that elected power is actually all that powerful, compared to unelected powers like corporations. I think you could use the same reasoning as pro-sortition arguments, but to argue for more democracy and elections, not less. Or at least that a state/citizen-focused theory of power is inadequate. (Raymond Geuss talks more about this.)