Democracy of Depth - The Citizens' Assembly

A Vision of a "Democracy of Depth"

The Practice of the Citizens' Assembly

At a recent Scentist Rebellion discussion, we were talking about other revolutions, incl the Arab Spring, and about the Tunisian man who set himself on fire and caused a wave of rebellions across the region. Yet, according to this article https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/16/he-ruined-us-10-years-on-tunisians-curse-man-who-sparked-arab-spring the reaction is now mixed. (I hope you can feel where the scepticism for revolutionary change comes from: there is a risk of societal collapse, we've seen it many times.)
There is an insightful quote from Hichem Amri, a local social activist, who says "the city is so far unimpressed by the system... [there is] a feeling that he democracy as it is practised works only for an elite in Tunis and along the coast, without reaching far enough inland into communities such as Sidi Bouzid to give people a say over the forces that shape their lives...
“There is democracy of form and democracy of depth. In Tunisia, we practise the democracy of form”.
What he is talking about sounds like Citizens' Assemblies, don't you think?
Further into the talk I discussed "a revolution of vision (which is what most revolutions are inspired by), versus one of technicality" which is what Climate Change started out as, though it then became clear that revolutionary systemic change was needed.
People need vision in order to guide them forward, that provides the energy they need to go on. Those on board a sinking ship will gladly help in the fight to save themselves and the boat, but only because they know they will be rescued and be returned to more normal times.

Should the Climate Campaign be realigned as essentially a vision of "A Democracy of Depth" - which has a side-effect of enacting the policies that are necessary to save life on this planet, as best we are able?

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