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American Politics Deliberative Democracy Bargaining Table Daniel Layman

("Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner" by Thomas Nast, 1869)

American Democracy and Its Broken Bargaining Tables

March 23, 2021April 28, 2021 13 min read Daniel Layman Democracy, Essential Reading, Politics

American politics is in peril. Now is the time to replace our broken bargaining tables with more deliberative democracy.

Authentic Democracy Distilled Populism Walter Horn Erraticus

("The County Election" by George Caleb Bingham, 1854)

Essays Society

Who Cares About Democracy?

January 15, 2021April 28, 2021 9 min read Walter Horn Democracy, Politics, Voting

Some people consider democracy a good thing only if it gets them the outcome they want. Perhaps the US just needs more democratic reforms.

Suspending Politics to Save Democracy Erraticus Overdoing political

(Jorge Alcala)

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Suspending Politics to Save Democracy

February 19, 2020June 1, 2020 8 min read Lawrence Torcello Democracy, Polarization, Politics

Just political systems secure the means of living satisfying private lives while political saturation crowds out key aspects of a good life.

(Brett Sayles)

Ideas Society

We’re Overdoing Democracy. But Why?

December 23, 2019June 1, 2020 7 min read Kevin Vallier Democracy, Essential Reading, Polarization, Politics

Society has become so politically-saturated that we’re now overdoing democracy. Here are a few reasons why it undermines our institutions.

(Element5 Digital)

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Epistocracy: A Better Form of Democracy or Rule by Philosophers?

March 22, 2019April 30, 2021 7 min read Jason Brennan Democracy, Politics

Consider an alternative political system which retains the same institutions of representative democracy but apportions power according to knowledge or competence.