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On Democracy... Posted on April 30, 2026 at 07:37:40 AM by FleetwoodDiner
Last night I watched a TV program on Athenian democracy, it was quite interesting. The Athenians were very enlightened in their government. They chose their political and civic leaders by lot. It worked fairly well. Granted they had a few hiccups like slavery and certain male only suffrage, but no system is perfect.
I wrote a paper on choosing political leaders by lot, the Prof gave me a C. I wrote another on Antonio Gramsci, he gave me an A. I think he may have leaned a little left.
I believe the time has come to consider selecting our leaders by lot. We couldn’t do any worse even if we limited the pool to those who are committed to an asylum for the criminally insane. After all, we already have a system like that. It’s called the Executive Branch, Congress, and the Supreme Court.