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minus-squaredansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 days agoThats not democracy. Democracy is rule by the people. You mean ‘electoral representative democracy’ which you describe accurately. Other kinds do exist. Not that any of thrm are allowed or americans believe they exist.
minus-squarenimpnin@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoWe should go back to sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
minus-squareA404@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 days agoBut what if someone with bad intentions gets choosen?
minus-squarenimpnin@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoOne person does not make decisions, that one person would need to convince everybody else who got selected.
Thats not democracy. Democracy is rule by the people.
You mean ‘electoral representative democracy’ which you describe accurately. Other kinds do exist.
Not that any of thrm are allowed or americans believe they exist.
We should go back to sortition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
But what if someone with bad intentions gets choosen?
One person does not make decisions, that one person would need to convince everybody else who got selected.