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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 47m

The solution for #darkmoney buying politicians and corrupting our politics is moving away from #elections altogether toward #sortition (random selection of representatives from the population being represented, like a jury or a poll sampling). #democracy sortitionusa.org/learn-sortit...

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Simon Brooke @simon-brooke.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11h

@conunitucl.bsky.social Surely, for all the reasons set out in this essay, this is a situation where only a #CitizensAssembly with membera appointed by #Sortition will do?

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 10h

...A Citizen's Assembly IS suggested, but only to gain some public support and engagement legitimising whatever solution keeping governance within the tiny clique of the political classes they decide upon. Another way of maintaining the blinkers over the eyes of Citizens.

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 10h

The design features you enumerate do not constitute independence or impartiality. They ALL favour electing politicians to government. There is no room in there for consideration of systems such as government by Citizens Assemblies selected by sortition. ...

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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 3h

How does Habermasian communicative rationality compare with Confucian moral philosophy and relational ethics? In a new Journal of Sortition paper, Baogang He explores this question and reflects on his pivotal encounter with Habermas. Read the paper: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/...

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Nondescript. @imaginaryperson222.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Court sortition now. Choose 13 random appellate court justices as the "Supreme Court" per term, 1 per circuit. Send the current crop of wizards to the circuit they currently represent. Demystify the courts.

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Peter Garbutt @petergarbutt.bsky.social · 23h

It doesn't matter which electoral system a country uses. As long as it has Parties, there will be the inward-looking political classes competing for votes, egged on by a billionaire media, accepting donations from oligarchs and other nations. We need government by Citizens Assemblies/sortition.

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Bill Cullen @billcullen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have you been on a jury? Most people will try to do the right thing. That’s fine for Parliament. The question becomes who then develops policy, administers the Government, etc. How do you ensure expertise is retained when MPs might only have one fixed term.

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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What is #sortition? Why are #elections not democratic? Why do we need #constitutionalreform? And what is Sortition USA doing about all this? youtube.com/shorts/6bzXf...

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What is #sortition , why #elections are not #democratic , and why we must change the #constitution

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Daniel Probst @skepteis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mein Favorit: "It is accepted as democratic when public offices are allocated by lot; and as oligarchic when they are filled by election." - Aristoteles, Politik, Buch IV, zu Sortition

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some-rss-feeds.bsky.social @some-rss-feeds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

[some-subscribed-rss] New Post: Lame review of Hélène Landemore’s book, by Nicholas Gruen equalitybylot.com/2026/09/27/lame-r…

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A new post at Equality by lot dismisses Foreign Affairs’ review of Hélène Landemore’s latest book as “tenaciously conventional” and “lame.” The author highlights the review’s closing paragraph—a safe, reformist shrug that praises citizens’ assemblies while insisting representative democracy shouldn’t be abolished—and invites readers to email for the full paper. It’s a sharp, quick hit for sortition fans tired of mainstream reviews missing the radical point.

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Chandler Patey @sirskeltal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We don't need to beg politicians to pretty please stop being evil corporate shills. Democracy is not when we beg our rulers for permission. Democracy is the permission we give. "Consent of the governed" is more than words, it's a pragmatic observation. Consent can be withdrawn. That's democracy.

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Chandler Patey @sirskeltal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Politicians will never actually represent us. The lie that they ever had before is just manufactured consent. Nobody trusts politicians. No one has ever trusted the government or the rich. We have never been a democracy. But we can be. Democracy is our unifying hope for a better world.

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Chandler Patey @sirskeltal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The US government has never existed separately from corporate interests. The economic elites and the government have always been a unified governing body, it's only ever been a matter of which branch of this economic-political machine held power.

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Chandler Patey @sirskeltal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Politicians have only ever failed us. If you're tired of begging elected rulers to choose the 99% over the 1%, then you're just like everyone else. The republic is dead, it's time for democracy.

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Discover how democratic lotteries and citizen assemblies can create a more representative and fair democracy. Learn, support, and join the movement today.

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The Bearded One (he/him) @therealbeardedone.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This idea goes handing in hand with Universal Basic Income. Running for public office is expensive and poverty should not be a barrier to entry. In fact, maybe we should try sortition instead of elections.

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Ben from Spookily Drawn Swords @glenatron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the approach to government in my novel, I figured it could work sufficiently well in a fantasy setting and make a fun alternative to kings or corrupt republics, which are the only governments we usually see in the genre.

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Joel Cornah @joelcornah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So Electoral reform via citizens assembly and sortition to make Ed Miliband and @geofflloyd.bsky.social happy! (Everyone listen to the Reasons to be Cheerful episode on sortition)

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Fusion Party Victoria @fusionpartyvic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Citizens' Assemblies by sortition break that loop. Ireland proved it works.

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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Translation to English. #Bügerrat #CivicAssembly #Sortition The whole world is moving toward greater democracy. The U.S. must not stay behind.

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A #Bürgerrat costs time before we even talk about content: People must be written to, selected, invited and accompanied by an understandable work process. Is it worth it? [link to article in German]

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Public Democracy LA @publicdemocracyla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Interested in civic assemblies, citizens assemblies, sortition? There is a SoCal Sortition Social on October 11th, 3 pm, at the TrustedGut in Redondo Beach. RSVP here luma.com/l1nyz2qc?tk=...

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Socal Sortition Social · Luma

"I'm wise and stupid when I'm sober and stupid and wise when I'm drunk" — Dimitry Karamozov We are primarily members of Public Democracy LA where we advocate…

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Public Democracy LA @publicdemocracyla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Photos of PDLA members at the LA Congress of Neighborhoods this past Saturday. In addition to a booth, Alex Levy Kuntzman, Max Clark, Hunter Futo, and Derek Galey facilitated a "demo assembly," educating attendees on how civic assemblies can help reform and strengthen our democracy #sortition

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Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @karrid.myatproto.social · 27/09/2026

Exhibit 486,294 for why we need to abolish voting and instate sortition. Whatever tiny voice you have in the political process is still too much.

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Thorsten Sterk @thorstensterk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

According to 852 randomly selected citizens, structural change in the Saarland is also a matter of citizen participation. #CitizensAssembly

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Saarland should keep using sortition

According to 852 randomly selected citizens, structural change in the Saarland is also a matter of citizen participation.

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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think we’re aligned but I’m more fundamental: I see the bond forged & strengthened thru elections themselves. Elections are the lever by which the wealthy few move nations of millions. I agree w/ the Greeks (Aristotle, even Plato) & H Landemore: Elections = Oligarchy; Sortition = Democracy.

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jack-waugh.bsky.social @jack-waugh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I agree and I think the bond between economic power and political power passes via unequal voting (FPtP and Ware, for two examples). Voters concerned about their voting power seek a bandwagon, which is signalled by money.

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thrasybulus63.bsky.social @thrasybulus63.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you’re an enemy of oligarchy, then whatever our differences - and we have some - you are my friend and brother. I want 2 things chiefly: 1. To break the bond between economic power & political power. And 2. To build a genuinely democratic citizenry; active not passive, energised not deadened.

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zz9pza @zz9pluralzalpha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The older I get, the better sortition looks.

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William Pietri @williampietri.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@soaproot Definitely! And another advantage of the jury system is that jurors mostly know they're doing something new that they're not trained for and/or destined to do. If we implemented sortition for, say, C-suite roles, I expect we'd see results that were at least no worse. And longer term […]

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Hp Rosenlechner @kairos.social · 25/09/2026

Did he? A citizens’ assembly, selected by sortition? Open-ended? “It is the only credible answer to the question every Iranian faction is asking of every other: How do we know you will not simply take power once you have it? A leader who convenes a medium.com/@kairos.soci...

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WHO SPEAKS FOR IRAN?

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE IRAN DIASPORA The pivotal question: Would you accept an outcome shaped not by you, but by the Iranian people only?

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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When we root for one party over another, like it or not, we are actually rooting for oligarchy, for the control of government by a small fraction of a population. If we truly want democracy, government that reflects the people's will, there is a better way. sortitionusa.org/latestnews/d...

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Democracy Without Politicians Government By the People ByTerry Bouricius — Sortition USA

Free download This book explains how electoral “democracy” is inherently un democratic—enshrining rule by elites rather than popular self-rule—and argues that sortition (the use of random selection...

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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our 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. #AI #sortition #civicassemblies #democracy #oligarchy www.noemamag.com/let-the-peop...

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Let The People Set The Pace Of Frontier AI | NOEMA

Slogans won’t slow the rapid development of dangerously powerful AI. But a citizens’ assembly representative of humanity’s diversity and independent of frontier labs and national governments could.

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FIDE - Europe @europe.fidemocracy.org · 24/09/2026

Sophie Pornschlegel, policy analyst and author, joins our Executive Director, Yves Dejaeghere, who will present our position paper. More speakers to be announced soon. 📄 Program: drive.google.com/file/d/1uc5b... 🔗 Registrations: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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FIDE - Europe @europe.fidemocracy.org · 24/09/2026

🚨 Webinar: Democracy needs a budget line The Commission's proposal allocates only 0.5% of the next EU budget to democratic resilience, which we consider insufficient. We invite you to join us as we present nine recommendations developed with Alliance4Europe. 🗓️ October 9, 2026 | 10:30

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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In the US's electoral oligarchy, voting in a local election could, for some people, result in a jail sentence. #sortition (random selection of decision makers from a local population) is the answer. #democracy #representation #justice

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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Do 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? #sortition #civicassemblies

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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There 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. #sortition #democracy #civicassemblies

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Lawrence Lessig @lessig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Next week! If you believe the Constitution needs to be amended, you need to be in this conversation. All types welcome: Left/Right, pro-convention/anti-convention. www.vthepeople.org.

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Bürgerrat @buergerrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Am 25. September um 19 Uhr begrüßt die Librairie Utopia in Paris Bertrand Séné und Beverley Toudic zu einer Diskussion über Bürgerräte. Die Veranstaltung kann auch online verfolgt werden. www.mehr-demokratie.de/mehr-wissen/... #bürgerrat

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Sind Bürgerräte die Zukunft der Demokratie?

Am 25. September begrüßt die Utopia-Buchhandlung in Paris Bertrand Séné und Beverley Toudic zu einer Diskussion über Bürgerräte. Bertrand Séné geht in seinem…

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Bürgerrat @buergerrat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Was sind die Chancen und Schwächen von Bürgerräten und was ist deren Rolle in einer zukunftsfähigen Demokratie? Um diese Frage geht es bei einer Veranstaltung am 2. Oktober um 18 Uhr in Rastatt. www.mehr-demokratie.de/mehr-wissen/... #Bürgerrat

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Bürgerräte – Frischer Wind für die Demokratie

Eine spannende Diskussionsrunde bringt den Politikwissenschaftler Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal von der Universität Freiburg, das langjährige Rastatter…

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Sortition USA (formerly Democracy without Elections) @sortitionusa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We have a followership problem because of the leadership problem. We think we have a democratic system. We don't. We elect oligarchs who keep the people as far from power as possible without making it obvious we're not a democracy. #sortition

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Chandler Patey @sirskeltal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The malicious lie baked into the fabric of our country is that "democracy" means begging elected oligarchs to pretty please actually represent us, instead of serving the interests of themselves and the people rich enough to be their friends. A republic was never a democracy.

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soaproot @soaproot.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@williampietri Somehow this reminds me of sortition (randomly selecting people for power) which in the US we mostly have for jury trials. I guess that's based on the idea that emotional capacity to handle power is randomly distributed, and we could do well to stop selecting against it.

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岡﨑晴輝（OKAZAKI, Seiki） @okazakiseiki.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Kogelmann, Brian (2026) "Sortition and Cognitive Ability," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Online First: 21st January 2026. aktiv3.sblo.jp/article/1918...

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