What if your president was chosen via lottery? - Michael Vazquez
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Elections are tools that ensure a nation’s citizens all have an equal political voice. But these so-called “great equalizers” are often plagued by corruption, partisan divides, and uninformed voters. Which is why some of democracy’s first and most famous practitioners used a different approach: sortition. Michael Vazquez explores how this system could address modern democracy's biggest problems.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Michael Vazquez
- Director
- Avi Ofer
- Narrator
- Addison Anderson
- Composer
- Cem Misirlioglu, Mia Theodoratus, Work Play Work
- Sound Designer
- Cem Misirlioglu, Work Play Work
