[DANmode]

> I'm not qualified to know who will make a good president. You probably aren't either. Pushing the process further into American Idol territory would make it worse, not better.

Randomly-selected citizens would have outperformed what we’ve gotten in the last few elections at minimum.

Genuinely think we should consider that.

[deltoidmaximus]

Athens actually had part of the legislative body chosen by random lot. It makes some amount of sense as a check against entrenched power structures.