Lottocracy: A Proposal for Democracy Without Elections
By
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Leave it on the tray for the seagulls.
Summary
The article presents lottocracy as an alternative to electoral democracy, arguing that elections are problematic in modern society due to inequality, elite control, and political division. It promotes a book that outlines a detailed vision for democracy without elections, using sortition (random selection) as a solution to current democratic failures.
Key quotes
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What if elections are the problem?
Lottocracy makes the case that electoral representative democracy—although the best form of government that has been tried—runs into deep problems in the modern world.
Lottocracy sets out a detailed vision of a new kind of democracy.
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