Could Democracy by Lottery Fix a Broken System? ^74.4%

Jacobin - By Anand Gopal, Ben Burgis - 6/30/2026, 10:45 AM

Negativity Bias 35.6% - Hasty Generalization 35.6% - Anecdotal 25.2%

Across the world, it appears democracy is in retreat. Democratic institutions are degrading, voter turnout is plummeting, party membership is cratering, and citizens increasingly feel shut out of the decisions that govern their lives. Even in the healthiest capitalist democracies, elites wield outsize influence over the political... more