You can watch this whole conference on Article V of the #USConstitution from Harvard #Law School this weekend for free on VthePeople.org
#sortition #civicassemblies #democracy #citizensassemblies #justice #politics
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@sortitionusa.bsky.socialYou can watch this whole conference on Article V of the #USConstitution from Harvard #Law School this weekend for free on VthePeople.org
#sortition #civicassemblies #democracy #citizensassemblies #justice #politics
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialThere are no Congressional districts with sortition. No need for constant redrawing of lines to keep one party in power and the other out. No parties at all. Just people representing themselves and what they want and believe.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialDo we really want our elected oligarchs chasing down and arresting members of the community for what they say at public meetings? Is that really what we mean by #democracy?
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialWe believe citizens assemblies whose members are chosen by lot from the affected community to demographically represent it offer the most just and effective means of governing the development of tech infrastructure. We can help Nevadans with this.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialThis is how elected oligarchs, even at the local level, often treat the people they allegedly "represent." People everywhere would be better represented by #civicassemblies and #sortition (random selection from the local population).
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialOur elected oligarchs are handing over our future to AI. It's in our power, if we have the will, courage and imagination, to take the future back and make it something that works for all of us.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialThe movement away from oligarchic elections toward democratic sortition is picking up speed as more and more people lose faith in our corrupt politics. Keep informed by following us.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialA recovering politician explains how juries are like--and not like--civic assemblies that use sortition, or random selection to be filled.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialIf what Terry Bouricius says about sortition and democracy makes sense to you, you can learn more downloading his free book, Democracy without Politicians: Government by the People, at the link below.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialRecovering politician says election reform won't fix our broken politics. Sortition (randomized selection of deliberators and decision makers from the population at large) can.
#electionreform #politics #democracy #sortition #civicassemblies
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialFor starters, we need many more Americans to know what sortition and civic assemblies are. They already know how evidently corrupt Congress, election campaigns and our politics are. They need to become aware of a possible solution to the mess we're in.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialFor starters, we need many more Americans to know what sortition and civic assemblies are. They already know how evidently corrupt Congress, election campaigns and our politics are. They need to become aware of a possible solution to the mess we're in.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialSortition is a tool that can augment existing republican polities by involving underrepresented members of society. That’s good for democracy. It’s already augmenting current systems all over the world.
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialThe future of democracy everywhere, or democracy has no future. #sortition #democracy #civicassemblies
@publicdemocracyla.bsky.socialReflections from Micah Weinberg, one of the organizers of the Oakland Civic Assembly, "...Oaklanders from every corner of the Town are showing what democracy can and should look like."
#sortition #civicassemblies #citizensassemblies
Read the full article:
civicassembly.substack.com/p/reflection...
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialProve us wrong: The reason liberal democracies trend toward oligarchy is that they use elections to choose their lawmakers and executives. The cure? #Sortition #CivicAssemblies #democracy
@publicdemocracyla.bsky.socialWhy is sortition better?
@sortitionusa.bsky.socialHow can only the wealthiest, most self-confident, most able to play act, most prone to psychopathy among us truly and ably represent the needs of the vast majority of us in our legislatures? How can we correct this seemingly intractable injustice?
@sortitionusa.bsky.social"Democracy needs a society whose members are connected by a minimum degree of trust, belonging and shared responsibility."
How far are modern polities, like Germany and the U.S., from this basic foundation for actual democracy? And how can they lay these foundations?
@publicdemocracyla.bsky.socialIn 2024, Deschutes County held a civic assembly on Youth Homelessness. Read about how and why it came together and what was the result: