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@davevolek
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We must also remember that even #Sortition can favor an #Aristocracy (see the example of the #Boulé in #Athens, where it was by sortition among #Volunteers). From my point of view, this system works. Of course, it is necessary to "reset things," denaturalize the #Hobbesian #StateFiction holding the #MonopolyOfViolence (#Weber), and the exclusivity of the #Spectacle (#Debord, #Baudrillard, #Foucault, #Derrida, #Agamben).

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@CptSuperlative On randomness, still my favourite article of the past two decades, "If you can't choose wisely, choose randomly", by Michael Schulson:

As moderns, we take it for granted that the best decisions stem from a process of empirical analysis and informed choice, with a clear goal in mind. That kind of decision-making, at least in theory, undergirds the ways that we choose political leaders, play the stock market, and select candidates for schools and jobs. It also shapes the way in which we critique the rituals and superstitions of others. But, as the Kantu’ illustrate, there are plenty of situations when random chance really is your best option.

aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-ch

Much more, and apparently heavy reliance on a couple of books I'd still like to read, by Michael Dove, Michael Stone's The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making, Robert Finlay's Politics in Renaissance Venice, and a few others.

@aud

AeonIf you can’t choose wisely, choose randomly | Aeon EssaysWhen your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark
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@RichardJMurphy
democracy in its current form is flawed
it's open to outside influence, to bought & malign actors & the ability to bastardize it & create an in effect dictatorship
To remove these threats & allow democracy to again be our bastion against threats to our collective good & freedoms we must to change how representatives are chosen
The only way forward is #sortition
Random, but societally reflective representatives chosen to scrutinize & pass laws hold govt to account & restore trust

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@GottaLaff
1-billionaires should not exist. Having that much power & the influence it buys is untenable & damaging to all
2-Those w money DEMAND attention, this should EXCLUDE them from access
3-ALL democracies are in danger from malign influence in state or billionaire form
4-Checks & balances have failed, an average person deserves equal access as anyone, but we dont
5-Its time for a new way, #sortition can provide that, we trust juries, why not expand this to legislation & governance?

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@Patricia
I too believe in society, crowd wisdom, etc
Democracy's worldwide are ALL in trouble from
fake news
social media interference
weak journalistic reporting & interrogation
lack of true opposition to hold govts to account
general public apathy, due to above
what's the answer?
Ban social media in elections?
Ban weak journo's?
Institute scrutiny laws?
My solution?
#sortition
A balanced selection to reflect society
random chosen
limited tenure
No 2nd terms
Proven to work
#sortitionworks

Did you miss the online conference "Sortition and Socialism" yesterday? No worries! The whole thing was recorded, for your leisure 😊

Online Conference with these presenters:

- Dr. Camila Vergara - The relation between inequality and the law, and on alternative institutional solutions to systemic corruption.
- Violeta Garrido - The epistemic demands of representative democracy
- Christiana Mauro - From grand cause platforms to embedded constituent power.
- Suryamayi Clarence-Smith - Evolving Prefigurative Politics in an Intentional Community.

#Sortition #Democracy #Socialism
yt.artemislena.eu/watch?v=UYNy

Today, from 15:00 to 19:00 UTC (in four hours from now!), there'll the first online conference by the International Network of Sortition Advocates, titled "Sortition and Socialism". I'm really looking forward to this myself and if you're interested in alternative, grassroots forms of democracy, then you should too!

Feel free to join in 😊

Speakerslist:
- Dr. Camila Vergara
- Violeta Garrido
- Suryamayi Clarence-Smith
- Christiana Mauro

#Sortition #Democracy

insa.site/nextevent/

insa.siteInsa

The International Network of #Sortition Advocates organizes its first conference in August with the theme "Sortition and Socialism"! There's a call for presenters with a deadline on the 7th of July. Have a look 🙂

(scroll to the bottom of the site, I can't apparently post links with anchors).

insa.site/#presenters

insa.siteINSA - International Network of Sortition AdvocatesNetwork to promote and coordinate the worldwide use of sortition
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@dangillmor I agree with that. Voting is not what makes democracy, quite the contrary.

I've not read the piece so I can't say I agree or disagree with it, but I believe democracy does not exist in the West *because* people have been convinced that it is about voting.

Sortition is what's needed to create democracy, but we're lazy, allowed it to be outsourced and lost democracy in the process.

#Sortition remains only for jury service, and even that is under threat in UK because it works.

#introduction @buddhism
@vegan

Mahayana Refuge:
I go for refuge until I am enlightened
to the Buddha, the Dharma and the Supreme Assembly.
Through the merit of practising generosity and so on,
May I become a Buddha for the benefit of all beings

Bodhicitta:
May all sentient beings have happiness and its causes, may all sentient beings be free of suffering and its causes, may they be inseparable from the sublime happiness which is beyond sorrow, may all sentient beings abide in equanimity, free of bias, attachment and anger.

Shantideva Prayer:
May I become at all times, both now and forever
A protector of those without protection
A guide for those who have lost their way
A ship for those with oceans to cross
A bridge for those with rivers to cross
A sanctuary for those in danger
A lamp for those without light
A place of refuge for those who lack shelter
And a servant to all in need
For as long as space endures,
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I, too, abide
To dispel the misery of the world.

Biography:
I am a happily married English Buddhist, 68 years old, living these past 38 years in Slovenia. I was raised a Catholic and attended a Jesuit school but lost my faith in God when I was 15. After graduating in Industrial Engineering I traveled overland along the old hippie trail to India in search of answers to the pain I felt in the world. I encountered Buddhism in Dharamsala, home-in-exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Back in London I joined Sogyal Rinpoche's Rigpa group in 1981 and started practicing the Dharma.

I have been a production assistant in London, bartender in Hong Kong, English teacher in South Korea, planning engineer in London and Fife, Scotland, and a development engineer, planner, import-export agent and translator in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Besides being interested in living mindfully and preserving the Buddha Dharma, I am also an advocate of democracy, peace, non-violence, human and animal rights, a free Tibet, a democratic Burma, the right of Palestinians to a homeland, the prevention of human trafficking, gender equality, LGBTQI rights worldwide, veganism, the abolition of capital punishment, amnesty to prisoners of conscience, etc. I am also interested in supporting poverty alleviation and humanitarian work of any kind as well as sustainable development, education, protection of the environment and mental health and other health issues.

My Dharma practice comprises keeping the five precepts (mind trainings) for a lay Buddhist and practicing the six perfections (far-reaching practices) of Mahayana Buddhism - generosity, ethical conduct, forbearance, perseverance, concentration and, wisdom - as an aspiring Bodhisattva. I also like to consider myself a "socially engaged Buddhist" with my principle outlet being a keyboard campaigner for human, animal and environmental causes on social media and a vegan/animal rights activist locally.

As a part of keeping the five precepts, I practice veganism to the best of my ability and to the forefront of my practice I try to generate beginner's mind (don't know mind) as well as loving kindness and compassion both towards self and others.

Besides my favourite practice tonglen, my meditation these days is primarily of the analytical kind but always includes understanding that firstly, everyone wants to be be happy and avoid suffering and secondly, everyone has shown kindness to me in this life and past lives.

Politically I support The Green Party of England and Wales, the European Greens, American Democratic Socialists and the Levica (Left) Party in Slovenia

I am a vegan and don't smoke, drink alcohol or do drugs.

With my Slovene wife, Mojca, we have a son, Tom, now aged 37.

#buddhism #veganism #meditation #mahayana #humanrights #animalrights #socialjustice #environment #sustainability #climatechange #vegan #lgbtq ally #metoo #feminism #blm #refugeeswelcome #love #straightedge #buddhist #prointersectional #mindfulness #compassion #kindness #ecosocialism #green #progressive #community #refugees #migrants #left #levica #slovenia #ljubljana #socialmedia #bodhisattva #lojong #tonglen #bodhicitta #solarpunk #antifa #mentalhealth #health #sortition #directdemocracy #tibetanbuddhism #zen #animals #peoplesassembly #antiracism #antiableism #antispeciesism #rewilding #degrowth #climate #climateemergency

I would like to share with you my vegan story: youtube.com/watch?v=EOlKvg0NbT

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Then each new rotation, you move to a broader reach, next it's #municipal, then #state or #provincial, then #federal, then #international, & as experienced #seniors, they #mentor in their expertise. Or retire from #publicservice.
All can participate bc there is a lot of work we need to do to survive #climatechange & we need to make it about #governance & #caring for the #earth & life including ourselves.
END #elections & #politics
BUILD #sortition & #participation
#Elections are for #oligarchs

🧵 Democracy was never meant to be run by #election bc it is too easily corrupted by oligarchs.
It was always meant to be by sortition & there is a longer history to that & it's success, than this version of 'democratic' elections which is failing us & fallen to #oligarchs as was known & expected by Athenians.
Aristotle said #elections were aristocratic & we're seeing that right down to dynasties.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortitio

en.wikipedia.orgSortition - Wikipedia
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@mbrewer @ItsTrainingCatsAndDogs yeah, absolutely.

If having someone selected at random is too dangerous for society for a given position of power, that position has too much power!

(Also, anyone seeking that much power is likely to be worse than the person chosen by lot!)

Hélène Landemore makes a case for #sortition in modern societies in Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century, a book i still need to get and read.