In a democracy, elections are supposed to encourage participation, but they don't. Lotteries encourage participation, ok? Cronkwright's second law, when you choose your student government by lottery, you see a change in the kinds of things the government actually does. The student council put together socker tournaments and poetry competitions. They opened a library. Human trafficking is a big problem there,. so they they organizeda workshop on human trafficking that had like, o theatrical production and and break out groups and stuff. But when we ask them, you know, ter'd be normal elections, wold you have done it?
In Bolivia, a political activist radically reforms the voting process for... student council elections. Who else does he convince? Revisionist History. And maybe a fancy private school in New Jersey. Get Revisionist History updates first by signing up for our newsletter at pushkin.fm.
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