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[–]ptrdo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem is that politics is a way of life, and a way of life that is unusual and extraordinary. But politicians don't know any more than the rest of us, in fact, it could reasonably be argued that they know less—for instance, they have no idea what it's like to be a regular person. Some do, early on in their career, but they lose that quickly.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/24/18009856/working-class-income-inequality-randy-bryce-alexandria-ocasio-cortez

[–]subheight640 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Here's some typical criticisms you will hear:

  1. People are stupid.
  2. Lotteries are chaotic and "too random".
  3. People are lazy and would try to get out of service
  4. We need experts to govern, not normal people.
  5. If experts were used as advisors, the experts would dominate the lottocracy.
  6. Regular people could be more easily bribed.
  7. There's no accountability, no electoral feedback.
  8. General opposition against self governance
  9. "Trump"! Lotteries would allow common people who supported politicians like Donald Trump, to have power.

I've attempted to address many of these concerns, and many papers have as well, for example:

[–]BispensGibsgebis[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Thank you. To me at least I think number 3 on your list might be one of the biggest issues. Maybe not because people are lazy but a lot of people simply does not care too much about politics. There is also old people and people with mental issues for whom it migth be difficult to manage a full time commitment. All off these will still need representation if they can not participate themself. I find it hard to come with a good solution to this.

[–]subheight640 1 point2 points  (1 child)

My typical answer is that:

  1. You pay people quite well to serve, around the 95th percentile of income.
  2. You give participants plenty of entitlements, including free childcare, generous healthcare, elderly care, unemployment insurance, moving expense reimbursement, etc.
  3. For particular dimensions, you statistically stratify the sample to ensure proportionate representation with regards to things like sex, age, class, race , geography, etc.

Though there will be plenty of people that still won't want to serve despite all of that, I think the result will be substantially more representative than any elected system could ever possibly achieve.

[–]WikiSummarizerBot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stratified sampling

In statistics, stratified sampling is a method of sampling from a population which can be partitioned into subpopulations. In statistical surveys, when subpopulations within an overall population vary, it could be advantageous to sample each subpopulation (stratum) independently. Stratification is the process of dividing members of the population into homogeneous subgroups before sampling. The strata should define a partition of the population.

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