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Dec 17, 2022Liked by Democracy for Dinner

Obviously the AI did not read Simone Weil's essay "Against political parties" and has not heard about sortition, or random selection of representatives among the roster of eligible citizens as the most democratic process ever considered (and only used in Athens 2500 years ago.

Also, the Athenians had a very sophisticated organizational structure to oversee the executive officials, because they knew all about corruption and how it leads to the control of the dreaded oligarchy.

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