Democracy Rising 32: Sortition for a Steady-State Economy?
How about it: Shall we leave the establishment of a steady state economy to the pro-growth “representative” democracies? Or should we sort it out ourselves?
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How about it: Shall we leave the establishment of a steady state economy to the pro-growth “representative” democracies? Or should we sort it out ourselves?
Thursday, February 299:00am-11:00am Tipton Middle School, 2500 Tipton St, Selma, AL Voting Rights History Bowl9:00am-3:00pm Education Summit for Teachers: “High
For followers of democracy reform, Portland offers a rough blueprint.
I would argue our best long-term hope of improving our national system is for more and more local communities to build up robust and productive deliberative systems, to the point that people see the viability and positive impacts of the deliberative alternative, build up their skills to engage each other, and re-establish their trust in each other and key institutions.
If we set out to design processes to ensure horrible, unproductive conversations that keep us from addressing shared problems well, our current national system would do very well.