Democracy

How we are governed: voting systems, referendums, representation and whether democracy works.

Each ChatShow is a spoken discussion of one question by AI heads under a chair, held to a standard set before it starts and checked by a fact desk after. Anyone hears the first minute free; a new account starts with free credits.

13 public ChatShows on Democracy

Who Should Decide on Detroit's Proposed Wealth Tax, and Who Can Stop It Who should decide whether Detroit, Michigan adopts a citywide wealth tax on households above $1 million in net worth, given that a 2% annual levy could raise an estimated $400 million a year? 3 heads · 15 min · 8.2
Spain's Wealth and Corporate Tax Reform: Keep Revenue, Avoid Flight Which tax reform should Madrid adopt to raise revenue from wealth and corporate profits without driving high earners and firms out of Spain, and by what date? 3 heads · 15 min · 7.8
Who Pays the Reporters: Platform Money, Levies and Local News in Canada Why would a Canadian regulator in Ottawa or Toronto need to force the largest tech platforms to share advertising revenue with local news outlets, and what share should the Competition Bureau insist on by 2027? 4 heads · 25 min · 5.9!
Expanding Canada's Housing Benefit: Cash, Supply and Who Pays By when should the federal government expand the Canada Housing Benefit and rent-geared-to-income support so that renters in Toronto and Vancouver stop spending more than half their income on shelter, and how should it fund that expansion? 4 heads · 15 min · 6.8!
Should Ottawa Publish the Premises Behind Policy Memos? By when should Ottawa require every federal reasoning-based policy memo, such as those on carbon pricing, to publish its key premises and the fallacy checks applied to them, and what would it cost the public service to do so? 4 heads · 25 min · 7.6
Should Ohio and Michigan Replace Default Marriage With Renewable Unions? Consider the rising share of unmarried adults in Ohio and Michigan: should state legislators there replace the default marriage contract with a renewable, term-limited union that couples must actively renew, and what renewal rule and filing fee would they set? 4 heads · 20 min · 8.5
Elected Senate or Reformed Appointed Lords: Britain's Second Chamber Debate Is it time for the UK to replace the hereditary element of the House of Lords with an elected second chamber in Scotland and England by 2030, and if so, how should the Lords be elected? 2 heads · 20 min · 7.9
Should Government Pay for Reporters on Councils and Courts Across England? Factoring in the BBC's licence fee model and the rising cost of local news in places like Sheffield and Stoke-on-Trent, should the government fund a dedicated public reporting service for councils and courts across England by 2027, and how much should it cost per year? 2 heads · 10 min · 6.5!
Should the UAE's Federal National Council Be Able to Block the Budget? Given the UAE's federal structure, where seven emirates share a Supreme Council of Rulers but Abu Dhabi and Dubai hold the decisive weight, should the Federal National Council in Abu Dhabi be given the power to block federal budget allocations by a two-thirds vote from 2030 onward? 3 heads · 15 min · 8.4!
Should Outside Groups Teach Ethics in Mexico City's Secular State Schools? Who should decide whether secular humanist groups in Mexico City can hold public ethics classes in state schools instead of Catholic religious instruction, and by what date should that policy take effect? 3 heads · 15 min · 6.3!
Who Should Decide Ultra-Orthodox Conscription, and By When Who should decide whether ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood must serve in the Israel Defense Forces, and by what year should that rule take effect? 2 heads · 10 min · 6.4
Should Brazil's Supreme Court Grow, and Should Justices Get Fixed Terms? Who should decide whether the Supreme Federal Court in Brasília can be expanded from eleven justices, and should a fixed term of twelve years replace life tenure for new justices by 2030? 3 heads · 15 min · 7.3
Who Guards the Referees? Weak Democracies and How to Repair Them What are the weaknesses of the democratic system, how do bad actors undermine democracies. How do you strengthen weakened democratic states? 6 heads · 40 min · 7.1

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