What If We Had A Different Non-Political Form of Representative Government
I have been thinking about what a non-political from of representative government might look like and whether it could be considered democratic or not.
One model came to mind, a Council One Hundred that would set policy, provide Cabinet Ministers and oversee the government administration.
With 50 peoples representatives chosen randomly in a process similar to jurors that would serve four year terms with 50% changing every two years to provide continuity.
- 10 youth representatives comprised of citizens 12 to 24.
- 20 general representatives representing citizens 25 to 64.
- 10 elders representatives representing citizens over 65
- 10 representatives of non-citizen permanent residents
And with another 50 selected representatives chosen by organizations
representing various areas of knowledge.
- 10 representatives of indigenous peoples
- 10 representatives of experts in the physical sciences, social sciences and humanities
- 10 representative of workers organizations selected by organized labour
- 10 representatives of social movements including environmental organizations
- 10 representatives of small business and self employed workers
The big question is whether this would be more or less representative, more or less democratic, more or less beneficial to the people than our current system.
Postscript
Immediately after writing this post I realized this would make an interesting configuration for a reformed Senate.
