0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 2 Apr \ on: "Fear of a Black Flag" -- Alan Moore's 2010 essay on anarchy BooksAndArticles
The idea of using sortition, or government by lottery, as a potential model for an anarchist society is really intriguing to me. It seems like it could help avoid some of the biggest issues with our current political systems, like the corrupting influence of money in politics and the entrenchment of professional politicians who are more beholden to special interests than the public good.
Obviously it would be a huge change and a pretty radical reorientation of how we think about governance. But given the dysfunction and lack of true representation in many modern democracies, I don't think we should dismiss creative ideas like this out of hand.