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Alternatives to congress (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What alternative ways can you think of to handle making legislation and passing laws that would negate the increasingly polarized political climate that is happening in more and more countries?

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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hm, interesting take on the random group. The US has citizen initiated referendum. Just takes signatures. But the money spent on advertising for or against has a massive impact. I had to look up the uk campaign finance laws. They limit 3rd party spending, but I don’t see that as stopping someone from spinning off hundreds of organizations that each buy like one Comercial or something.

[–] Joshi@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't say that I'm very familiar with the UK laws in depth other than that they have been in operation for many years and are generally considered effective.

For referenda there's no reason you can't have a publicly funded campaign for yes and no and limit private advertising, we have something like that here in Australia.

Sortition, random selection, when combined with an elected body has a lot of benefits. It has the advantage of having professional politicians with institutional knowledge and relationships while also having a body the that is actually representative of the larger population.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Not sure the US can limit private advertising unless the Supreme Court changes it's interpretation of the 1st ammendment (free speech). I am guessing that in the UK and Australia that free speech doesn't cover advertising. Maybe that is the lynchpin.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago

Legislators have been ignoring the vote, too.