Re: Re: Political Practice
I still like the idea of random selection, at least in the abstract. Details are still fuzzy.
After you mentioned inherited titles it occurred to me that this isn't too much different than random selection when you think about it.
Culture means a lot, too. A culture that emphasizes the responsiblity of leadership as much as its privilege will do better than one that does not. I have seen no examples of successful non-democratic societies where there wasn't a powerful culture or tradition emphasizing the duties and responsibilities of leaders and ruling classes. Sort of a "cultural Bill of Rights" as it were.