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I want something similar, but with the distinction that I want to separate the what from the how. Let’s call it a democratic technocracy.
Currently, politics combine the what and the how. For example: “We want to create more jobs by lowering the taxes on the rich”.
What I’d like is the what, that is the goals, to be decided using some form of democratically. After the goals have been set actual science and evidence based methods are used to determine how to achieve those goals. So a goal could be “more jobs for everyone”.
If goals conflict then the technocrats revert back to the democratic part and ask them to set priorities. Which goals are the most important to you.
Brilliant. That makes a lot of sense, especially the more concrete the goals are. I wish it were easier to achieve, maybe the theoretical frameworks for this will be a reality in a few decades... Your implementation at least seems more plausible.