How each model solves the same problems
Instead of “democracy versus anarchism”, compare the concrete ways collective problems get solved.
| Question | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How are decisions made? | A national random sample deliberated in moderated groups and plenaries and answered the same questionnaire before and after; Parliament kept the decision.Sortition / citizens' assembly | A stratified random sample of 523 voters deliberated in moderated groups and plenaries and answered questionnaires before and after; no decisions were taken.Sortition / citizens' assembly | Unknown | |
| How are conflicts resolved? | Balanced briefing materials and competing experts; an advisory group of civic leaders reported results; final disputes settled by parliamentary supermajority. | Balanced briefing materials, trained neutral moderators and competing experts structured disagreement. | Unknown | |
| How are public goods funded? | State-funded under the 2017 Law on Deliberative Polling; results published for legislators and the public. | Privately funded; produced published results, media coverage and a peer-reviewed study. | Unknown | |
| How is AI used? | No AI role. | No AI role. | Unknown | |
| What are the main risks? | Selective uptake by Parliament without reasons; political turnover delaying reform; evidence base dominated by the method's designers.CLM-0463 | Self-selection into attendance; artificial setting; analysis by the method's designers; no institutional uptake. | Unknown |
This illustrates differences in design; it is not a universal claim about outcomes. Each cell links to mechanisms and the claims behind them.