If you have a functioning example of democracy I have a bridge to sell you.
There’s a lot of worse options out there but western democracy on the whole doesn’t really represent the “demos” in any real sense - that’s both good and bad of course, but it’s also not democracy.
If you have a functioning example of democracy I have a bridge to sell you.
There’s a lot of worse options out there but western democracy on the whole doesn’t really represent the “demos” in any real sense - that’s both good and bad of course, but it’s also not democracy.
There are better and worse democracies. Overall, democracy this decade is on the decline: https://www.v-dem.net/publications/democracy-reports/
Greek democracy was chosen at random through a lottery. It was extremely successful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzbJacGGt1o&t=1270s
How often did slaves win the lottery?