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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: 0.205s | 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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dataflow ◴[14 Jul 25 16:52 UTC] No.44562344[source]▶
I don't know about you, but I sure as heck do not want to have to research and vote on every issue, and I also don't want other unaccountable citizens casting knee-jerk votes directly on issues they have no clue about based on what they heard on TikTok either.
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1. djeastm ◴[14 Jul 25 21:14 UTC] No.44565403[source]▶
The political parties would probably print out a flyer containing their suggested votes for each issue. If you already were going to vote for the party anyway, this has a neutral effect since that's basically what happens with a representative.

Then you would still have the right to vote on any particular issue your own way.