Online Forum: Videos and Discussion - How to Fix a Democracy

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At this Sunday's Humanist Forum, Alex Havasy will host as we watch and discuss 4 short videos on ways to make a government more democratic. After the videos, we’ll discuss what you believe would improve democracy and what you think might make it worse.

The videos are: The Rule that Broke American Politics, a 6 minute YouTube video on the history of the filibuster; An Election System that Puts Voters (Not Politicians) First, a 10:19 minute TED Talk by Amber McReynolds on voting in the U.S.; 3 Ways to Upgrade Democracy for the 21st Century, a 14 minute TED talk by Max Rashbrooke about novel governing precedures that have empowered citizens; and What If We Replaced Politicians with Randomly Selected People?, a 19:20 minute TED Talk by Bret Hannig.

You can view the videos at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt4jHLteXag

https://www.ted.com/talks/amber_mcreynolds_an_election_system_that_puts_voters_not_politicians_first

https://www.ted.com/talks/max_rashbrooke_3_ways_to_upgrade_democracy_for_the_21st_century#t-14130

and

https://www.ted.com/talks/brett_hennig_what_if_we_replaced_politicians_with_randomly_selected_people#t-238746

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