There are some democratic theorists who are advocating for this, believe it or not. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22878118/jury-duty-citizens-assembly-lottocracy-open-democracy

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The argument is basically that a lottery approach to picking representatives would be *more* democratic than voting, because it would be statistically representative of the whole population and their views, and there wouldn't be an obvious way to capture the politicians for special and private interests -- they don't need to fundraise. It's more like jury duty.

There were many instances of representatives being selected by lot in Ancient Greece. It is definitely a much better idea than voting.

There is also that story of the Napoleon of Notting Hill.

Yeah, it's not an obviously insane idea.