Equality by lot

Sortition discussion at Occupy Democracy: Inequality and Representation

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   keithsutherland, on February 12, 2015 at 5:40 pm said:

   >it is recognised that certain political parties have policies that are more in line with Occupy’s aims than others.

   That’s interesting — and there are no prizes for guessing what those policies might be. My understanding of sortition is an impartial technology for choosing political representatives. Looking at the programme for the day Occupy Democracy would appear to be a distinctly partisan organisation.

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   keithsutherland, on February 16, 2015 at 8:30 pm said:

   I would be interested to hear from the organisers how the event went, and how the “demand” for sortition was received (and by whom).

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