@KerryMitchell@mastodon.social
Post #1733220
2026-04-21 22:52 UTC
“we might also want to consider a system … whereby you would send to a legislature, not the top 10% of the socio-economic distribution, but a representative sample that captures multiple dimensions of the people, in terms of gender, in terms of age, in terms of race, in terms of income, in terms of ideology, etc.” - Hélène Landemore, author of Politics Without Politicians - The Case for Citizen Rule https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730879/politics-without-politicians-by-helene-landemore/
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@KerryMitchell@mastodon.social 2026-04-21 23:00
From the perspective of Canadians looking at the United States… “We've got a particularly vivid example of what can happen when what we call first act democratic institutions become compromised, when too much money finds its way into the system, when too many of the arm's length institutions start to be co-opted and corruption becomes pervasive.” - Peter MacLeod, co-author of Democracy's Second Act: Why Politics Needs the Public https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487517137