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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Exactly my point: It’s not an accurate representation. We should stop doing it.

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And replace it with what? The only two basic forms of democracy are representative and direct, and direct democracy has its own problems.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sortion, but dont shink of it as randomly choosing to fill a parliament. The scope and scale of task assigned a selected group of representatives must be kept small and the frequency in which people are chosen myst be high. Fortunately there is plenty of example in the process of jurior selection.