Alexander Guerrero on Lottocracy

Philosophy Bites by Nigel Warburton

Mar 24, 202615:57Arts

Democracy isn't working so well, so why not use a lottery system to choose representatives instead? Alexander Guerrero discusses his version of this old idea in this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

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