Escape the Matrix. Enter the Assembly.
AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention
AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention
April 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Escape the Matrix. Enter the Assembly.
AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention
AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention
Sortition: a whole new spin on gig work.
#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
What if your side hustle is being in Congress? An exploration of #sortition and #directdemocracy By JK Lund
www.elysian.press/p/what-if-yo...
www.elysian.press/p/what-if-yo...
What if your side hustle is being in Congress?
The future of democracy is direct, online, and doesn't require politicians.
www.elysian.press
April 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Sortition: a whole new spin on gig work.
#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#DemocracyByAssembly
#DxA
#CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
"The appointment of magistrates by lot is democratical and the election is oligarchical." Aristotle
For most of history, people knew this to be true. Athens used sortition to fill most offices. Venice used it for 500+ years.
Time to bring it back. Time for #DemocracybyAssembly
#DxA
For most of history, people knew this to be true. Athens used sortition to fill most offices. Venice used it for 500+ years.
Time to bring it back. Time for #DemocracybyAssembly
#DxA
April 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"The appointment of magistrates by lot is democratical and the election is oligarchical." Aristotle
For most of history, people knew this to be true. Athens used sortition to fill most offices. Venice used it for 500+ years.
Time to bring it back. Time for #DemocracybyAssembly
#DxA
For most of history, people knew this to be true. Athens used sortition to fill most offices. Venice used it for 500+ years.
Time to bring it back. Time for #DemocracybyAssembly
#DxA
But this is still OUR house. Through Citizen Assemblies, we can remodel and rebuild it, room by room, brick by brick.
It's time for a People's Constitutional Convention—where citizens, not politicians, redesign our democratic architecture.
#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #PeoplesConvention
It's time for a People's Constitutional Convention—where citizens, not politicians, redesign our democratic architecture.
#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #PeoplesConvention
April 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
But this is still OUR house. Through Citizen Assemblies, we can remodel and rebuild it, room by room, brick by brick.
It's time for a People's Constitutional Convention—where citizens, not politicians, redesign our democratic architecture.
#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #PeoplesConvention
It's time for a People's Constitutional Convention—where citizens, not politicians, redesign our democratic architecture.
#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #PeoplesConvention
Terry Bouricius is one of most visionary thinkers on democracy. On this podcast episode, he explains how he discovered citizen assemblies and why he now considers himself a "recovering politician." Check it out!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby
open.substack.com/pub/nickcocc...
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby
open.substack.com/pub/nickcocc...
Terry Bouricius on Democracy
The Theory and Practice of Sortition
open.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Terry Bouricius is one of most visionary thinkers on democracy. On this podcast episode, he explains how he discovered citizen assemblies and why he now considers himself a "recovering politician." Check it out!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby
open.substack.com/pub/nickcocc...
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemby
open.substack.com/pub/nickcocc...
Bypass politicians. Democracy by Assembly. www.AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Bypass politicians. Democracy by Assembly. www.AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
How do we build a new house for American democracy? The blueprint was laid 2,500 years ago.
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
Why Greece Was Great
And How America Could Be Too
open.substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
How do we build a new house for American democracy? The blueprint was laid 2,500 years ago.
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
Citizen Assemblies break this cycle through democratic lottery — like jury duty but for ideas.
Teachers. Veterans. Nurses. People like us, deciding for us.
Join our quest for a People's Convention by 2030
#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Teachers. Veterans. Nurses. People like us, deciding for us.
Join our quest for a People's Convention by 2030
#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Citizen Assemblies break this cycle through democratic lottery — like jury duty but for ideas.
Teachers. Veterans. Nurses. People like us, deciding for us.
Join our quest for a People's Convention by 2030
#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Teachers. Veterans. Nurses. People like us, deciding for us.
Join our quest for a People's Convention by 2030
#DemocracyByAssembly #TakeBackOurHouse #CitizensAssembly #PeoplesConvention
🔥TOXIC TRIBALISM🔥
Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:
• Family dinners ruined by arguments
• Communities divided by signs
• Issues reduced to slogans
Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen
Imagine politics that heals, not hurts
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:
• Family dinners ruined by arguments
• Communities divided by signs
• Issues reduced to slogans
Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen
Imagine politics that heals, not hurts
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🔥TOXIC TRIBALISM🔥
Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:
• Family dinners ruined by arguments
• Communities divided by signs
• Issues reduced to slogans
Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen
Imagine politics that heals, not hurts
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Partisan politics turn neighbors into enemies:
• Family dinners ruined by arguments
• Communities divided by signs
• Issues reduced to slogans
Citizen Assemblies bring Americans together to listen
Imagine politics that heals, not hurts
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
America, Assemble!
@assembleamerica.org #CitizensAssemblies #DemocracybyAssembly
#DxA
youtu.be/mOCFRqfChh8?...
@assembleamerica.org #CitizensAssemblies #DemocracybyAssembly
#DxA
youtu.be/mOCFRqfChh8?...
Assemble America!
YouTube video by Assemble America
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"When fundamental changes to a government are needed, who should get to make them? Elites and politicians who benefit from keeping things as they are? Or We the People?"
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
The People's Convention
It's Time to Upgrade the Constitution
open.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"When fundamental changes to a government are needed, who should get to make them? Elites and politicians who benefit from keeping things as they are? Or We the People?"
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
Our Executive Director, @nickcoccoma.bsky.social, has a new article out in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social with Roshan Bliss of @ncdd.bsky.social on how citizen assemblies can help rewrite the Constitution.
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
How Citizens’ Assemblies Can Rebuild the House of American Democracy—Before It’s Demolished
The house of the American republic is tottering. Once unthinkable, it’s now undeniable that our shared home has deteriorated the same way you go broke: gradually, then suddenly. At the time it was bui...
thefulcrum.us
June 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our Executive Director, @nickcoccoma.bsky.social, has a new article out in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social with Roshan Bliss of @ncdd.bsky.social on how citizen assemblies can help rewrite the Constitution.
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
Assemble America's @paul-melman.bsky.social is back at it this week with a shrewd post on the implications of AGI for democracy by assembly.
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
open.substack.com/pub/unfacts/...
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
open.substack.com/pub/unfacts/...
If My AGI Timeline Is So Short, Why Am I Working on Sortition?
I was at a political networking event recently and as is typical for the kind of scene that I hang out in, the conversation eventually turned to AGI timelines.
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Assemble America's @paul-melman.bsky.social is back at it this week with a shrewd post on the implications of AGI for democracy by assembly.
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
open.substack.com/pub/unfacts/...
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #Democracy #CitizensAssembly #Sortition #AI #AGI
open.substack.com/pub/unfacts/...
The process is simple but powerful:
Lotteries select participants who truly represent the community → Information builds understanding → Deliberation finds common ground
Join us as we build toward a People's Constitutional Convention!
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Lotteries select participants who truly represent the community → Information builds understanding → Deliberation finds common ground
Join us as we build toward a People's Constitutional Convention!
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The process is simple but powerful:
Lotteries select participants who truly represent the community → Information builds understanding → Deliberation finds common ground
Join us as we build toward a People's Constitutional Convention!
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Lotteries select participants who truly represent the community → Information builds understanding → Deliberation finds common ground
Join us as we build toward a People's Constitutional Convention!
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
But there's hope: Citizen Assemblies - where everyday Americans selected by lottery make decisions that politicians can't or won't.
We're building toward a People's Constitutional Convention by 2030. Let's take back our house.
AssembleAmerica.org
#DemocracyByAssembly #CitizensAssembly
We're building toward a People's Constitutional Convention by 2030. Let's take back our house.
AssembleAmerica.org
#DemocracyByAssembly #CitizensAssembly
Assemble America
AssembleAmerica.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
But there's hope: Citizen Assemblies - where everyday Americans selected by lottery make decisions that politicians can't or won't.
We're building toward a People's Constitutional Convention by 2030. Let's take back our house.
AssembleAmerica.org
#DemocracyByAssembly #CitizensAssembly
We're building toward a People's Constitutional Convention by 2030. Let's take back our house.
AssembleAmerica.org
#DemocracyByAssembly #CitizensAssembly
"Sortition does not merely offer a more demographically representative body," writes our team member, Paul.
"It provides a superior epistemic engine."
Read all of his enlightening new piece!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
"It provides a superior epistemic engine."
Read all of his enlightening new piece!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
How Randomly Selected Citizens Can Fix Government's Hazy Vision
open.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Sortition does not merely offer a more demographically representative body," writes our team member, Paul.
"It provides a superior epistemic engine."
Read all of his enlightening new piece!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
"It provides a superior epistemic engine."
Read all of his enlightening new piece!
#DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
5/5 It's time to make Citizens Assemblies the new paradigm of self-governance. We're calling for a CA in every state, and a People's Constitutional Convention. Because the test of a democracy isn't whether the people vote, but whether the people rule. #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemblies
April 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
5/5 It's time to make Citizens Assemblies the new paradigm of self-governance. We're calling for a CA in every state, and a People's Constitutional Convention. Because the test of a democracy isn't whether the people vote, but whether the people rule. #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #CitizensAssemblies
7/7 Same principle as Free Our Feeds: distribute power, prevent capture, serve the people. Time to assemble. #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #FreeOurFeeds
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
7/7 Same principle as Free Our Feeds: distribute power, prevent capture, serve the people. Time to assemble. #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #FreeOurFeeds
Assemble America!
YouTube video by Assemble America
youtu.be
May 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Democracy IS efficient. Politicians are not. Conclusion: Bypass politicians. Democracy by Assembly. www.AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Democracy IS efficient. Politicians are not. Conclusion: Bypass politicians. Democracy by Assembly. www.AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
Bypass politicians. Democracy by Assembly. AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
April 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bypass politicians. Democracy by Assembly. AssembleAmerica.org
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention
#CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention