A pillar of Athenian democracy was sortition: selecting officials at random among a large pool of valid candidates. It can be very effective at preventing tribalism and corruption.
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Ok, what about "Congress being 500 random citizen between 30 and 60 with any college degree, serving for 2 years"?
Very fast way to reach gender parity in government, too.
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It would also be MUCH less expensive.
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And almost certainly one of their first acts would be to implement tuition-free higher education - to ensure that *every* citizen would have an equal opportunity to experience the "joy" of being a civil servant
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The genius of the original was that the lottery was truly blind. I would not put any restrictions on entry. Those are simply a way of entrenching privilege. It's also unclear what the lottery gives you today (except an avenue for bribery). You might as well go liquid democracy.
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