Extinction Rebellion (XR) demands that we stop trashing the Planet, and sees ‘Sortition’ as an essential tool. Brett Hennig’s TED talk makes many valid points. Yes, democracy is malfunctioning but that is in my opinion not due to faulty institutions, but the fact that they are operating on out of date assumptions.
Sortition does not aim to replace democracy, but a new format – random selection of individuals who would govern – would, according to Sortition, overcome the perceived failures by governments. Perceived? No, I agree, they are very real. But If those individuals were operating on unchanged assumptions, I […]
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