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It’s time to save America. Democracy by Assembly is the way. We're putting everyday people in charge through Citizen Assemblies. Join the movement for #DxA
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Our very own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social joined The Democratic Constitution Blog to ask a basic question: what is democracy? (Hint: It's not elections, parties, or parliament.)
#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution
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#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution
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What is Democracy?
Sortition is fundamental
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September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our very own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social joined The Democratic Constitution Blog to ask a basic question: what is democracy? (Hint: It's not elections, parties, or parliament.)
#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution
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#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution
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Stanford’s Jim Fishkin contrasts the ills of elections with the virtues of deliberative democracy:“In a healthy democracy, politics shouldn’t just be a contest of strength between parties — it should be a battle of ideas.”
#Democracy #Sortition
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#Democracy #Sortition
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Trust in the Demos Isn’t Naive — It’s Empirical
Democratic deliberation asks us to meet as moral equals, exchange reasons for our beliefs, consider evidence, and remain open to changing our minds. Evidence from real-world examples shows that it can...
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July 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Stanford’s Jim Fishkin contrasts the ills of elections with the virtues of deliberative democracy:“In a healthy democracy, politics shouldn’t just be a contest of strength between parties — it should be a battle of ideas.”
#Democracy #Sortition
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#Democracy #Sortition
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Our own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social appeared on the [Undetermined] States of America podcast recently to discuss all things sortition. Have listen to Part I.
#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
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#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
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[U]SA Ep. 2: Nick Coccoma from Assemble America (Part 1.)
I interview Nick Coccoma, founder and Executive Director of Assemble America
www.undetermined.us
July 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Our own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social appeared on the [Undetermined] States of America podcast recently to discuss all things sortition. Have listen to Part I.
#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
www.undetermined.us/p/usa-ep-2-n...
#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
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Gonna further wager that if you used lotteries to pick everyday people from around the world to populate the UN, and made them equals inside the chamber, they’d resolve most global conflicts peacefully. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #Democracy
June 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Gonna further wager that if you used lotteries to pick everyday people from around the world to populate the UN, and made them equals inside the chamber, they’d resolve most global conflicts peacefully. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #Democracy
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Gonna go out on a limb here: an assembly of everyday American citizens—picked by lottery, given the actual evidence and full range of options, and time to deliberate toward rough consensus—would not have decided to start a war with Iran. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
June 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gonna go out on a limb here: an assembly of everyday American citizens—picked by lottery, given the actual evidence and full range of options, and time to deliberate toward rough consensus—would not have decided to start a war with Iran. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
🧵 1/7 @markruffalo.bsky.social and Free Our Feeds are billionaire-proofing social media. But what about billionaire-proofing democracy itself?
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🧵 1/7 @markruffalo.bsky.social and Free Our Feeds are billionaire-proofing social media. But what about billionaire-proofing democracy itself?
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"Introducing within-party sortition would break the systems that enable political careerism."
Digested Read of an article by Keith Dowding, William Bosworth and Adriano Giuliani.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sortiti...
#UKpol #politics
Digested Read of an article by Keith Dowding, William Bosworth and Adriano Giuliani.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sortiti...
#UKpol #politics
Sortition, Parties and Political Careerism
Are democracies producing a political class of careerists? If so, would parties choosing candidates from their membership by lottery help?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"Introducing within-party sortition would break the systems that enable political careerism."
Digested Read of an article by Keith Dowding, William Bosworth and Adriano Giuliani.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sortiti...
#UKpol #politics
Digested Read of an article by Keith Dowding, William Bosworth and Adriano Giuliani.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sortiti...
#UKpol #politics
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CALL FOR PAPERS 🔖
The Journal of Sortition is open to submissions!
The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate – including sceptical voices.
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The Journal of Sortition is open to submissions!
The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate – including sceptical voices.
Head over to our website:
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June 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS 🔖
The Journal of Sortition is open to submissions!
The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate – including sceptical voices.
Head over to our website:
🔗https://www.imprint.co.uk/product/jos/
The Journal of Sortition is open to submissions!
The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate – including sceptical voices.
Head over to our website:
🔗https://www.imprint.co.uk/product/jos/
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Citizens Assemblies could legally constrain delegates at an Article V (some say "constitutional") convention, building democratic accountability into the amending process. So incredibly happy this truth is finally breaking through. Excellent article in the Fulcrum.
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How Citizens’ Assemblies Can Rebuild the House of American Democracy—Before It’s Demolished
The house of the American republic is tottering. Once unthinkable, it’s now undeniable that our shared home has deteriorated the same way you go broke: gradually, then suddenly. At the time it was…
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June 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Citizens Assemblies could legally constrain delegates at an Article V (some say "constitutional") convention, building democratic accountability into the amending process. So incredibly happy this truth is finally breaking through. Excellent article in the Fulcrum.
buff.ly/xuqihGo
buff.ly/xuqihGo
Our Executive Director, @nickcoccoma.bsky.social, has a new article out in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social with Roshan Bliss of @ncdd.bsky.social on how citizen assemblies can help rewrite the Constitution.
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
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How Citizens’ Assemblies Can Rebuild the House of American Democracy—Before It’s Demolished
The house of the American republic is tottering. Once unthinkable, it’s now undeniable that our shared home has deteriorated the same way you go broke: gradually, then suddenly. At the time it was bui...
thefulcrum.us
June 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our Executive Director, @nickcoccoma.bsky.social, has a new article out in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social with Roshan Bliss of @ncdd.bsky.social on how citizen assemblies can help rewrite the Constitution.
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
"When fundamental changes to a government are needed, who should get to make them? Elites and politicians who benefit from keeping things as they are? Or We the People?"
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
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#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
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The People's Convention
It's Time to Upgrade the Constitution
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May 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"When fundamental changes to a government are needed, who should get to make them? Elites and politicians who benefit from keeping things as they are? Or We the People?"
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
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#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
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Have you got your copy of the 'Politics of Random Selection: Making Good Use of Sortition'?
Buy it on our website today!
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Buy it on our website today!
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Make sure to also subscribe to the Journal of Sortition, and get the first issue free! 📝
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May 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Have you got your copy of the 'Politics of Random Selection: Making Good Use of Sortition'?
Buy it on our website today!
🔗 www.imprint.co.uk/product/rand...
Make sure to also subscribe to the Journal of Sortition, and get the first issue free! 📝
🔗Subscribe here:
www.imprint.co.uk/product/jos/
Buy it on our website today!
🔗 www.imprint.co.uk/product/rand...
Make sure to also subscribe to the Journal of Sortition, and get the first issue free! 📝
🔗Subscribe here:
www.imprint.co.uk/product/jos/
Assemble America's @paul-melman.bsky.social is back at it this week with a shrewd post on the implications of AGI for democracy by assembly.
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
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#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
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If My AGI Timeline Is So Short, Why Am I Working on Sortition?
I was at a political networking event recently and as is typical for the kind of scene that I hang out in, the conversation eventually turned to AGI timelines.
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May 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Assemble America's @paul-melman.bsky.social is back at it this week with a shrewd post on the implications of AGI for democracy by assembly.
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
open.substack.com/pub/unfacts/...
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
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Reform & trust
📊 New YouGov polling on trust commissioned by @sortitionnow shows people who voted Reform n the 2024 General Election trust citizen assembly members more, and members of parliament less, than other voter groups
www.858.org.uk
#HouseOfCitizens #UKPolitics
📊 New YouGov polling on trust commissioned by @sortitionnow shows people who voted Reform n the 2024 General Election trust citizen assembly members more, and members of parliament less, than other voter groups
www.858.org.uk
#HouseOfCitizens #UKPolitics
May 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Reform & trust
📊 New YouGov polling on trust commissioned by @sortitionnow shows people who voted Reform n the 2024 General Election trust citizen assembly members more, and members of parliament less, than other voter groups
www.858.org.uk
#HouseOfCitizens #UKPolitics
📊 New YouGov polling on trust commissioned by @sortitionnow shows people who voted Reform n the 2024 General Election trust citizen assembly members more, and members of parliament less, than other voter groups
www.858.org.uk
#HouseOfCitizens #UKPolitics
"Sortition does not merely offer a more demographically representative body," writes our team member, Paul.
"It provides a superior epistemic engine."
Read all of his enlightening new piece!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
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"It provides a superior epistemic engine."
Read all of his enlightening new piece!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
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Seeing the Forest and the Trees
How Randomly Selected Citizens Can Fix Government's Hazy Vision
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May 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Sortition does not merely offer a more demographically representative body," writes our team member, Paul.
"It provides a superior epistemic engine."
Read all of his enlightening new piece!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
"It provides a superior epistemic engine."
Read all of his enlightening new piece!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
Two years ago, our own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social made the case for Democracy by Assembly.
DxA “would amount to a revolution,” he says. “And like all revolutions, it begins in the mind.”
#CitizensAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
DxA “would amount to a revolution,” he says. “And like all revolutions, it begins in the mind.”
#CitizensAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Case for Abolishing Elections - Boston Review
They may seem the cornerstone of democracy, but in reality they do little to promote it. There’s a far better way to empower ordinary citizens: democracy by lottery.
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May 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Two years ago, our own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social made the case for Democracy by Assembly.
DxA “would amount to a revolution,” he says. “And like all revolutions, it begins in the mind.”
#CitizensAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
DxA “would amount to a revolution,” he says. “And like all revolutions, it begins in the mind.”
#CitizensAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
Terry Bouricius is one of most visionary thinkers on democracy. On this podcast episode, he explains how he discovered citizen assemblies and why he now considers himself a "recovering politician." Check it out!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby
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#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby
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Terry Bouricius on Democracy
The Theory and Practice of Sortition
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May 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Terry Bouricius is one of most visionary thinkers on democracy. On this podcast episode, he explains how he discovered citizen assemblies and why he now considers himself a "recovering politician." Check it out!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby
open.substack.com/pub/nickcocc...
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby
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How do we build a new house for American democracy? The blueprint was laid 2,500 years ago.
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
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#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
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Why Greece Was Great
And How America Could Be Too
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April 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
How do we build a new house for American democracy? The blueprint was laid 2,500 years ago.
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
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#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
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Sortition: a whole new spin on gig work.
#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
What if your side hustle is being in Congress? An exploration of #sortition and #directdemocracy By JK Lund
www.elysian.press/p/what-if-yo...
www.elysian.press/p/what-if-yo...
What if your side hustle is being in Congress?
The future of democracy is direct, online, and doesn't require politicians.
www.elysian.press
April 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Sortition: a whole new spin on gig work.
#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
🔥TOXIC TRIBALISM🔥
Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:
• Family dinners ruined by arguments
• Communities divided by signs
• Issues reduced to slogans
Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen
Imagine politics that heals, not hurts
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:
• Family dinners ruined by arguments
• Communities divided by signs
• Issues reduced to slogans
Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen
Imagine politics that heals, not hurts
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🔥TOXIC TRIBALISM🔥
Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:
• Family dinners ruined by arguments
• Communities divided by signs
• Issues reduced to slogans
Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen
Imagine politics that heals, not hurts
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:
• Family dinners ruined by arguments
• Communities divided by signs
• Issues reduced to slogans
Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen
Imagine politics that heals, not hurts
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
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I'm not much of a lottocrat myself but yeah, there are definitely spots where it can be useful, judiciously applied
One of my pet crazy ideas is having like, a standing sortition-based constitutional convention?
One of my pet crazy ideas is having like, a standing sortition-based constitutional convention?
April 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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