Hey, so I’ve created a community to discuss and talk about sortition, a type of governance where leaders and officials are chosen at random. This was practiced by ancient Athens, and is considered to be much better at representation than normal democracy.
Ah shit, I just ninja edited that it. Too late! Oh well.
It is conservative in-group solidarity, and a crazy cult of personality he managed to stumble into, but that’s not a common, easy-to-manufacture situation.
For most of history and still in most places, paying off officials was/is a normal, everyday part of life. Now, living in Canada, I’ve never paid a bribe, or even been given the opportunity. Democracy seems like the obvious answer as to why; it’s not because Canadians are just better.