I don't disagree but it's much deeper than this. The debate has been about the balance between "Me" and "We", between the ethics of care vs the ethics of choice, between the collective's control and the agency of the individual ... it's all about the balance of power.
https://twitter.com/Muqadaam/status/1357750742199775235
In light of this, in light of the culture map, in light of the balance of power from "power over" the people versus "power to" the people ... I now realise that we are not and have never been ready for democracy. We should shift to a system of random selection for all leaders. 
X : Demarchy?
Me : Yes, a system of sortition. A vote can be held at the end of their term of service but the question should be whether the person is offered a position within the civil service or is allowed freely to rejoin society or is ostracised.
Me : Yes, a system of sortition. A vote can be held at the end of their term of service but the question should be whether the person is offered a position within the civil service or is allowed freely to rejoin society or is ostracised.
X : I thought you were strongly in favour of democracy?
Me : I am but I no longer consider us ready. The issues of privilege and the distortions of the system that have remained unchecked need to be tackled. That should be our priority, the balance between "we" and "me".
Me : I am but I no longer consider us ready. The issues of privilege and the distortions of the system that have remained unchecked need to be tackled. That should be our priority, the balance between "we" and "me".
X : Do you think this could happen?
Me : No. But a reasonable middle ground to such an extreme change would be to replace the House of Lords with a second chamber based upon sortition. It would at least provide representation.
Me : No. But a reasonable middle ground to such an extreme change would be to replace the House of Lords with a second chamber based upon sortition. It would at least provide representation.
As a matter of fact, this idea of replacing the House of Lords with a representative chamber based upon sortition (a citizens parliament) has been mooted many times before - citizensparliament.uk - I think it is time that this was reconsidered again.
It seems sensible to expand our use of citizen parliaments especially in a digital age where the isolation economy (driven by covid) has pushed many online and used to collaborating in such ways.
X : You could end up with anyone in the House of Lords.
Me : That is precisely what you want. A chamber that represents the society.
Me : That is precisely what you want. A chamber that represents the society.
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