Comment by Us on 100 Tips for a Better Life · 2022-08-15T14:54:28.747Z · LW · GW

Re: “92. You have vanishingly little political influence and every thought you spend on politics will probably come to nothing. Consider building things instead, or at least going for a walk. “

This sentiment is perhaps the crux of our decay as a country? What about “building things instead”— a different way of doing politics that is joyful and inclusive? Sortition comes to mind?

https://www.sortitionfoundation.org/ https://democracywithoutelections.org/ https://healthydemocracy.org/

….please consider that your suggestion to not participate IS a form of participation… along the lines of “silence is complicity?”