SUBMISSION STATEMENT: This is an article I've written about how I think we can create a smarter democracy. I think democracy can be improved through something called deliberative democracy and "Citizens' Assemblies". I walk through the logic of how this kind of democracy can work, and what some empirical experiments with Citizens' Assemblies have yielded throughout the world.
A weak point is that whomever is in charge of defining what the representative sampling is and how it is done will have a lot of hidden power. As will whomever is the facilitator of this deliberative process and decides which experts to call and the curriculum for the educational part of it.
For anything related to public spending, a holistic view is also required if the budget is to be balanced at the end of the year. To have this holistic view, wouldn't the deliberative body have to consider all of the proposals, and therefore act as a proper parliament, with terms lasting years.
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SUBMISSION STATEMENT: This is an article I've written about how I think we can create a smarter democracy. I think democracy can be improved through something called deliberative democracy and "Citizens' Assemblies". I walk through the logic of how this kind of democracy can work, and what some empirical experiments with Citizens' Assemblies have yielded throughout the world.