Democracy was never meant to be run by #election bc it is too easily corrupted by oligarchs.
It was always meant to be by sortition & there is a longer history to that & it's success, than this version of 'democratic' elections which is failing us & fallen to #oligarchs as was known & expected by Athenians.
Aristotle said #elections were aristocratic & we're seeing that right down to dynasties.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition#History
#politics #government #sortition #democracy #history #democratic