Norwegian local elections, 2015

[Zanas]

What's happening to the municipalities is that they are currently ridiculously undersized, and overburdened - meaning that the central government is becoming increasingly powerful. The plan is to merge the smaller municipalities into larger units - so that, say, a twenty-minute commute does not involve crossing six municipal boundaries (this actually happens in the Oslo area).

Hah. I can go for a twenty-minute walk and cross six municipal boundaries, n00bs.

[Zanas]

In the industrial settlement of Årdal, MDGs single representative on the new municipal council decided to let her five-year old son draw lots to find out which parties she would enter into negotiations with. The son picked the center-left.

lol

That's not really more laughable than drawing lots to appoint jurors who can decide on a capital punishment... Sortition is not way more laughable than democracy, both have their merits and drawbacks.