Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read
The ancient greek (and inventors of democracy) would never call our existing system democracy. Because they knew:
It is accepted as democratic when public offices are allocated by lot; and as oligarchic when they are filled by election. (Aristotle, Politics)
They understood 2500 years ago, what kind of problems and wrong incentives a political system based on elections will generate. And they also had a solution: Fill the public offices via lot!
