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Random selection is necessary to create stable meritocratic institutions

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360 points namlem | 1 comments | 14 Jul 25 15:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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OutOfHere ◴[14 Jul 25 16:39 UTC] No.44562160[source]▶
In this day and age, why can't we just have electronic direct democracy on policy issues (subject to any logical constraints)? As needed, the votes can optionally be weighed by how informed a voter is. It is like sortition, but the sample size is the population size.
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1. _--__--__ ◴[14 Jul 25 18:45 UTC] No.44563808[source]▶
California ballot propositions haven given every example you could need of the failure states of direct democracy on specific policy proposals: monied interest groups try year after year to find the magic combination of euphemisms and branding that will get the confused and uninformed voters to give them what they want.