{"id":64,"date":"2018-05-07T16:15:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T20:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2020-05-14T19:31:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T23:31:16","slug":"building-a-new-reality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"True Representation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>TRUE REPRESENTATION:<br \/>\nHow Citizens\u2019 Assemblies and Sortition Will Save Democracy<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/TR-Cvr1-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"True Representation Book Cover\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/TR-Cvr1-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/TR-Cvr1-654x1024.jpg 654w, https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/TR-Cvr1-768x1203.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/TR-Cvr1.jpg 838w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>eBook: Approx. 120 pages<br \/>\nPublisher: The Piper\u2019s Press (2019)<\/p>\n<p>Ted\u2019s 64-page manifesto, laying out his vision for governance in a new reality:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What To Do For Your Country<\/li>\n<li>The Myth of Voting<\/li>\n<li>The Wisdom of Crowds<\/li>\n<li>The Nation in a Room<\/li>\n<li>The Sortition Menu<\/li>\n<li>The Pursuit of Power<\/li>\n<li>The True Representation Pledge<\/li>\n<li>Recommended Resources on Citizens\u2019 Assemblies and Sortition<\/li>\n<li>A Call to Action: A U.S. Citizens\u2019 Assembly on Gun Control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Praise for True Representation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>\u201cRather than throw up his hands in despair over gridlock and extreme partisan politics in Washington, Ted Wachtel offers a solution that can save our democracy by highlighting a time-tested method that is as simple as it is sensible. Very thoughtful and persuasive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <em>Phil Goldsmith, former CEO of the School District of Philadelphia and former Deputy Mayor and City Manager of Philadelphia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRUE REPRESENTATION: How Citizens\u2019 Assemblies and Sortition Will Save Democracy eBook: Approx. 120 pages Publisher: The Piper\u2019s Press (2019) Ted\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-64","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedwachtel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}