Sortition doesn't have to be an all or nothing scenario, just like not all legal cases require a jury. Perhaps 20% of parliamentary representatives could be elected by sortition, which would put a check on the anti-democratic tendencies of money/lobbies/parties.
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
In the latest instalment of David’s conversation with @lea_ypi about the past, present & future of democracy they discuss whether democratic politics can ever break free from the stranglehold of the nation-state.
Listen here...🎧https://t.co/GEtMwdjDpi
Vic - We're fucked!
ACT - We're not fucked yet.
WA - Don't fuck with us.
NSW - The nation must live with being fucked.
Qld - I don't fucking think so.
SA - Not more fucking drivers!
Tas - You can all fuck off!
#AusPol#Covid19Aus#Covid19Vic#Covid19NSW#Covid19WA#Covid19Qld
Andrew Bragg "accused Western Australia, which reported no new COVID-19 cases today compared with NSW’s record of 919, of having 'no plan to manage the pandemic".
Truly love a country where rich men can amass billions and literally build spaceships and no one questions them at all but Britney Spears has to go to court to see if she can get an IUD taken out of her own body.
@unconscioushh In short, the Rat Man is in a double bind. If he marries below his status then he offends his parents. And if he marries in his class or above then he's replacing his father (desiring his mother).
.@Yascha_Mounk with @tylercowen and strangely the latter thinks @PikettyLeMonde can be dismissed because economic inequality can be explained by rises in real estate when inheritance tax is key to maintaining equality in his thesis https://t.co/jmE7gbduQP https://t.co/jmE7gbduQP
A professor of mine went to go hear Derrida speak once. The entire talk was about cows; everyone was flummoxed but listened carefully, and took notes about...cows. There was a short break, and when Derrida came back, he was like, “I’m told it is pronounced ‘chaos.’”