Comment on State regulators vote to keep utility profits high angering customers across CAparentComments−thijson8moThat's because our political system according to the Greeks is called an oligarchy.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SortitionMost Athenians believed sortition, not elections, to be democratic[12][page needed] and used complex procedures with purpose-built allotment machines (kleroteria) to avoid the corrupt practices used by oligarchs to buy their way into office.
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That's because our political system according to the Greeks is called an oligarchy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition
Most Athenians believed sortition, not elections, to be democratic[12][page needed] and used complex procedures with purpose-built allotment machines (kleroteria) to avoid the corrupt practices used by oligarchs to buy their way into office.