https://cairnsnews.org/2026/08/14/labor-unions-will-control-election-results-for-years-to-come-with-no-voter-id-required/ Comment by enouranois There are many disadvantages to universal suffrage and historically it has not been applied everywhere in the parliamentary system. Experience during the COVID “pandemic” suggests that “most people” (a boring contemporary cliché) want to follow the dictates of what they perceive as “authority” and in many cases also to target their fellow-citizens who are perceived (by “authority”) to be defying authority. This applies as much to the Left as to the Right, because the Right want the Left to be “opposition”, not government, and the Left want to be seen as “relevant players” and not as conspiracy theorists or something unacceptable like that. It should not be taboo to see all these as simple matters of fact. The desideratum is to find ways of minimizing their negative consequences. Would providing an alternative to voting based on universal suffrage help towards achieving such an objective? Sortition (choosing politicians by means of a lottery) had a part to play in the ancient Athenian democracy and should be included among techniques to be given rational consideration. The most obvious relevant problem would be that it could result in the elevation of inappropriate people. This could be countered by having … Continue reading →