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Elections are not democratic but aristocratic, because only members of the elite get on the ballot

Elections are not democratic but aristocratic, because only members of the elite get on the ballot

David van Reybrouk – Against Elections (read in Dutch)

It would be interesting to expand the solution space to include not just random selection of citizens but also modes of participation and collaboration from non-political domains like open source software development.

A subversive branch of the French royal family has been responsible for the emergence of the low countries as a geopolitical entity

A subversive branch of the French royal family has been responsible for the emergence of the low countries as a geopolitical entity

Bart de Loo – The Burgundians (read in Dutch)

Politics and court life in the high middle ages evoked in a juicy style.

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