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Garett Jones on Democracy (More or Less)
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Are We Going to Have a Ten % Less Democracy?
The old athenian syst representation by lot, right? Choose members of the legislature more or less randomly. Or the venetian system has a random element in it. The old renaissance vention system. Good idea or a bad idea? When can it work? These systems seem to work in small polities, right? Small government seem to work well with a aversion of election by lot. We should be selecting from the populace at random when we really want the most informed opinion of a typical person. That aligns the incentives well. For the united states, what is the most effective way, in your view, that you would want us to have ten % less democracy? What
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