Government decisions are too beholden to what corporations and HNW donors think.
There already is consultation periods between the stage of 'we need to do something to increase X' and actually implementing but individuals generally don't have the headspace to respond. Citizens assemblies seem like they can be a great way of bringing the v…
Government decisions are too beholden to what corporations and HNW donors think.
There already is consultation periods between the stage of 'we need to do something to increase X' and actually implementing but individuals generally don't have the headspace to respond. Citizens assemblies seem like they can be a great way of bringing the view of actual citizens to something without adding 'new' veto points so much as providing a more balanced consultation response. Particularly on thorny issues where there's no agreed 'right' answer like abortion, climate action, both of which previous citizens assemblies have been pretty good on
Government decisions are too beholden to what corporations and HNW donors think.
There already is consultation periods between the stage of 'we need to do something to increase X' and actually implementing but individuals generally don't have the headspace to respond. Citizens assemblies seem like they can be a great way of bringing the view of actual citizens to something without adding 'new' veto points so much as providing a more balanced consultation response. Particularly on thorny issues where there's no agreed 'right' answer like abortion, climate action, both of which previous citizens assemblies have been pretty good on