✍️ El pensador y activista rumano por el Decrecimiento, Vlad Bunea, cofundador de la International Degrowth Network, se une a las firmas que reflexionan en nuestras páginas sobre cuál puede ser la mejor estrategia política para hacer realidad la propuesta del Decrecimiento: https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2026/01/09/una-estrategia-politica-para-el-decrecimiento/
#Decrecimiento #Degrowth #Poscapitalismo #PartidosPoliticos #Elecciones #Sortition
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@ChrisMayLA6 @NWBylines Gimme elected politicians over oligarchy any day! We already have far too much power in professions such as law and medicine, and entrenching that oligarchy ndermines your core principle of #sortition.
But I love the idea of wider investigatory and scrutiny powers for an upper house able to hire significant significant outside expertise. That idea has huge potential, taking the concept of a House of Review or House of Scrutiny to a new level.
Maximale Wirksamkeit durch Losdemokratie! Let's do it #sortition losdemokratie.de
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Good Idea: Embracing Sortition
https://thewalrus.ca/why-we-should-let-a-lottery-decide-our-government/
This article explores the concept of sortition, a system where political representatives are chosen randomly rather than through elections, as practiced in ancient Athens. Advocates argue that sortition could create a more representative and inclusive democracy by reflecting the demographics and concerns of ordinary citizens, unlike current systems dominated by wealthier, older, and less diverse politicians. Examples like British Columbia's citizens' assembly demonstrate that everyday people can effectively engage in political decision making, suggesting that sortition could reduce the influence of money and vested interests while improving political discourse.
#Democracy #Sortition #ElectoralReform #Representation #InclusivePolitics
My only reservation at this time, why do we need an "elected" parliament. I'm all for assemblies through #sortition
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"When I found out they were picked by lottery, one man and one woman from each district, the light bulb went off. This was democracy."
This is the way in "A New Faith".
tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#sortition #democracy #elections #voting #voters
A New Faith
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"The delegates were everyday people from all walks of life, and I watched as they deliberated in a way I never saw among politicians: with dignity, integrity, and mutual respect."
#sortition #democracy #elections #voting #voters
Sortition Can Help Cure What A...
https://jacobin.com/2025/12/sortition-democracy-elections-representation-governance
"The delegates were everyday people from all walks of life, and I watched as they deliberated in a way I never saw among politicians: with dignity, integrity, and mutual respect. When I found out they were picked by lottery, one man and one woman from each district, the light bulb went off. This was democracy."
This is the way in "A New Faith".
https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
#sortition #democracy #elections #voting #voters #bookstodon #books #climatefiction #solarpunk
THIS is what you get when #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #corrupt #subvert #elections to destroy #democracy No #money in elections. Better still - try #sortition instead of #popularity contests
THIS is what you get when #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #corrupt #subvert #elections to destroy #democracy
No #money in elections. Better still - try #sortition instead of #popularity contests
@stux Have you read this? The problem may not be democracy, but elections. https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d0f10071-a1ee-4590-a281-0d769028adaa #sortition
Given my druthers, I'd enact #Sortition to choose odd numbered #CitizenAssemblies guided by experts in whatever field is relevant to whatever needs to be sorted.
Need to figure out health care? Draw 11 names out of a hat, provide them with expert advice from qualified, accredited, medical health professionals and give them a ticking clock to sort it or they get dismissed sans pay.
Told ya I was a radical
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Public service announcement: democracy is not the same thing as having elections; drawing of lots yields more legitimate results. #sortition https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d0f10071-a1ee-4590-a281-0d769028adaa
#aras25 #Sortition #citizenassembly an addendum, in this system there would be a mix of “regular” politicians voted in alongside randomly chosen people with same rights to speak, cast votes, intro legislation. Hence “blended” sortition. You want a specific rep: go vote for one. If none appeal to you: let the law of averages do its job.
#aras25 #Sortition #citizenassembly
If the constituency has 90% turnout for regular candidates and no spoiled votes then there’s little chance for a sortitioned rep for that constituency. No transfers possible to sortitioned apart from untransferable votes.
So people who don’t vote or feel they had no option but to spoil their vote actually get represented fairly. (3/3)
#aras25 #Sortition #citizenassembly
Sortition is the process where we choose at random a representative for our parliament. We pay them well for their time. We might also agree to shortish terms so we get a good selection of people. Say a six month term.
Anyway the key to my proposal is - each election counts the uncast and spoiled votes as virtual votes for a sortition candidate. So in a 5 seater if nobody votes that constituency returns 5 seats whose TDs are chosen randomly. (2/3)
In the wake of the #aras25 election and the disturbingly large numbers of spoiled votes, here’s my modest proposal for election reform.
It won’t get any traction of course because turkeys won’t vote for Christmas.
I’m calling it Blended #Sortition
We already know sortition in this country through the #citizenassembly process that was thrown various political hot potatoes over last few years and dealt with them extraordinary well (1/3)
