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Why We always get the wrong political leaders (2022)

by wilsonfiifi on 5/1/23, 7:11 AM with 1 comments

• by jruohonen on 5/1/23, 7:44 AM

  "To help guide them to better behaviour, we should use a process called sortition -- random selection of citizens for leadership, a bit like jury duty for politics -- to create better oversight."

  This idea has emerged occasionally ever since the Ancient Athens. There are plenty of issues involved. I won't go into the details, but I think citizen assemblies and the like offer a more viable solution (even though also these can be criticized on the same grounds as sortition).

  And in general, I am not as cynical as the author; I think there are still plenty of politicians (both from left and right and everywhere in-between) who maintain their integrity and seek to serve their constituencies the best they can.