[ExI] Fail to the chief?

[Dan TheBookMan]

On Dec 16, 2015, at 8:07 AM, Tara Maya <tara at taramayastales.com> wrote:
> One of the few serious alternatives to democracy that I’ve considered might work is a system of Representative Consensus. A council of twelve, rather like a jury, is chosen by random selection from the pool of eligible citizens, and they perform as the Executive, discussing decisions and coming to a conclusion by consensus. In rare cases where consensus could not be reached, the entire council would be re-drawn. (So it would be like the Ultimate Game, in that those groups who could not reach a compromise would be punished.)
> 
> This still would work best if power were devolved as much as possible, on as many issues as possible, to the most localized form of governance possible. (Federation should be a real thing, not just of states but of counties within states and cities within counties). 

I've read about sortition before, and it sounds like it might fix some problems, such as influence peddling. See:

https://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_03_2_knag.pdf

Regards,

Dan
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