With all the problems in the US of wasteful spending, corruption, partisanship, nepotism, public swaying with propaganda, and special interest groups, should the US try a new system of government called a demarchy to solve the problems? Basically a demarchy is a theoretical form of government were members of government are selected through random sortition rather then through popular elections. In other words our government would work like a jury. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarchy In this demarchial form of government there will be a constitution that states that in order for people to fit the selection criteria they must not have criminal records, have some form of education, and not show any evidence of biases. That way with randomly selected members of government. Our government will no longer go along with special intrests and instead work objectively. What are your opinions on that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarchy

If we were to experiment with it, we would start at local level and if it works out then go to state and if that works out then go to federal

Better demarchy than menarchy! [giggle] Sorry.

Actually it’s an interesting idea. Republicans are always insisting that our Founding Fathers didn’t mean for us to have professional politicians. Gentlemen (i.e. well-to-do men with slaves and leisure time) would voluntarily serve in office for a few years and then give someone else a turn.

We pick random people for juries, and that works pretty well, doesn’t it? They’d have some ‘experts’ to help them, hopefully, because you wouldn’t expect a man on the street to be able to just walk into the job.

On the other hand, it would make lobbyists much more powerful, because people really wouldn’t know how to vote on most issues. Most of us only care about a few issues passionately, and we’re not even really informed at all on other issues. The experts who helped them would also have a lot of power over the country, if you think about it.

# Anarchy
# Aristocracy
# Authoritarianism
# Autocracy
# Communist state
# Corporatocracy
# Demarchy
# Democracy (Direct/Representative)
# Despotism
# Dictatorship (Military)
# Exilarchy
# Feudalism
# Kritocracy
# Logocracy
# Meritocracy (Geniocracy)
# Minarchism/Night Watchman
# Monarchy (Absolute/Constitutional)
# Noocracy
# Ochlocracy/Mobocracy
# Oligarchy
# Plutocracy
# Republic (Capitalist/Federal/Parliamentary)
# Socialist state
# Sociocracy
# Technocracy
# Theocracy
# Theodemocracy
# Timocracy
# Totalitarianism
# Tribe

Libertarian.

# Anarchy
# Aristocracy
# Authoritarianism
# Autocracy
# Communist state
# Corporatocracy
# Demarchy
# Democracy (Direct/Representative)
# Despotism
# Dictatorship (Military)
# Exilarchy
# Feudalism
# Kritocracy
# Logocracy
# Meritocracy (Geniocracy)
# Minarchism/Night Watchman
# Monarchy (Absolute/Constitutional)
# Noocracy
# Ochlocracy/Mobocracy
# Oligarchy
# Plutocracy
# Republic (Capitalist/Federal/Parliamentary)
# Socialist state
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If it wasn’t so easy to corrupt, I’d actually prefer Communism (here come the thumbs down).

But if I were king, then I’d prefer monarchy.

# Anarchy
# Aristocracy
# Authoritarianism
# Autocracy
# Communist state
# Corporatocracy
# Demarchy
# Democracy (Direct/Representative)
# Despotism
# Dictatorship (Military)
# Exilarchy
# Feudalism
# Kritocracy
# Logocracy
# Meritocracy (Geniocracy)
# Minarchism/Night Watchman
# Monarchy (Absolute/Constitutional)
# Noocracy
# Ochlocracy/Mobocracy
# Oligarchy
# Plutocracy
# Republic (Capitalist/Federal/Parliamentary)
# Socialist state
# Sociocracy
# Technocracy
# Theocracy
# Theodemocracy
# Timocracy
# Totalitarianism
# Tribe

Democracy.

What is your opinion choose our of these…and say why…i need help on an assignment

• aristocracy government by the nobility (aristo="the best")
• bureaucracy government by civil servants; also the civil servants themselves
• confederacy a union of sovereign states
• corpocracy government by corporations (industry)
• demarchy government by the people by lot
• geniocracy government by those of a higher than average intelligence
• judiciocracy government by judges
• klerostocracy government by all, by sortition (random selection, lot)
• kritarchy
• meritocracy government by those with merit
• panarchy universal rule or dominion
• pantarchy (literally) rule by all
• particracy government by political parties
I have to choose out of the list given

The US is not a democracy. We are a federal constitutional republic. A democracy is a pretty darn scary thing where the rights of the people can be voted away by the tyranny of the majority.

Anticipatory democracy~ which relies on some degree of disciplined and usually market-informed anticipation of the future, to guide major decisions.
Athenian democracy~ (sometimes called classical democracy), as originally developed in the Classical Greek city-state of Athens.
Bioregional democracy~ matching geopolitical divisions to natural ecological regions.
Constitutional democracy~ democracy governed by a constitution.
Defensive democracy~ a situation in which a democratic society has to limit some rights and freedoms in order to protect the institutions of the democracy.
Deliberative democracy~ which focuses on hearing out every policy alternative, from every direction, and providing time to research them all.
Demarchy~ a form of democracy which has people randomly selected from the citizenry to either act as representatives, or to make decisions in specific areas of governance (defense, environment, etc.)
E-democracy~ which comprises the use of electronic communications technologies, such as the Internet, in enhancing democratic processes within a democratic republic or representative democracy.
Emergent democracy~ a social system in which blogging undermines mainstream media.
Democratic centralism~ an organizational method where members of a political party discuss and debate matters of policy and direction and after the decision is made by majority vote, all members are expected to follow that decision in public.
Democratic dictatorship~ Also known as democratur.
Direct democracy~ implementations of democracy in more pure forms; classically termed pure democracy.
Dominant-party system~ a democratic party system where only one political party can realistically become the government, by itself or in a coalition government.
Economic democracy~ a theory of democracy involving people having access to subsistence, or equity in living standards.
Grassroots democracy~ a form of democracy emphasizing trust in small decentralized units at the municipal government level, possibly using urban secession to establish the formal legal authority to make decisions made at this local level binding.
Illiberal democracy~ a type of representative democracy where there are no or only weak limits on the power of the elected representatives to rule as they please.
Interactive Democracy~ a proposed form of democracy utilising information technology to allow citizens to propose new polic

Grassroots Democracy

(We are talking about if it’s better to be a feared ruler or a loved ruler
and btw i made up "valderae")

Is it better to be feared or loved? You are the ruler of a country. How do you govern your territory?

My country, Valderae, is a peaceful, beautiful, (made up) island nation. Our people are gentle and intelligent, and our crime rate is low. Our government is a sort of capitalist demarchy (or statistical democracy), where our officials are randomly selected. The officials make decisions on a wide range of issues, and the term of office is always kind of short. The officials are divided into groups, each of which deals with certain issues. Anyone in the community can lobby, write letters or articles, and promote nonviolent direct action such as boycotting. Usually, most everyone is involved. Some might argue that demarchy is a difficult type of government to control, but Valderae has it down pretty good, actually. Demarchy can cause apathy in the community, but that’s not the case here. In short, it works rather well for us.
I am a sort of… president. I was elected by the people as ruler of Valderae, though there are other governing parties. I believe that it’s great to be loved and all, but if you are feared too much, your country won’t be very happy and prosperous. So, I try to keep everyone in line and happy, but at the same time I instill the laws and rules, and I have to say, it works pretty well.
The people don’t hate each other, and we have had no civil wars. Other countries nearby have tried to invade, but our armies are strong, and we are a force to be reckoned with. We have never lost any of our land.
As for our economy, we are doing pretty well. It wavers a little every time the government changes, though. Our leading exports are fish, tropical fruits, natural fuel, wood, coffee, boating materials, and cotton. Most of these items are traded with our neighbors by boat.
In conclusion, our people are governed by demarchy. If I had to sum it all up, I would say it’s 2/3 love and 1/3 fear. The nation follows the rules and enjoys not having their butts thrown in jail for doing otherwise.
sorry the formatting got all freaked up

It sounds like make-believe land to me. Wouldn’t/couldn’t exist in RL.

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