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Democracies are experiencing difficult times: they are buffeted by populism, polarization, and the corrosive effects of political and economic inequality. Globally, authoritarianism has been on the rise and democracy has been in decline for 18 straight years (Freedom House 2024). Increas-ingly, democracies find it difficult to make legitimate, justifiable decisions for their societies as a whole in this divided age. In 2023, for example, despite holding more than 700 votes, the U.S. House of Representatives passed only 27 bills that became law—about one-tenth of the historical average.
In the academy, political theorists frequently recommend deliberative processes and models as the remedy for democracy’s current prob-lems. The idea of “deliberative democracy”2 is uncomplicated, it argues democratic decisions and policies can be made more legitimate, more intelligent, and more socially stabilizing through the give and take of reasons and justifications among those who are affected (Bachtiger et al. 2018). Proponents of deliberative democracy believe that public delib-eration and reasoning among free and equal citizens are the essence of authentic democratic decisions. Deliberation should strive for an ideal of rationally achieved consensus that serves the common good, not merely a majority vote driven by competing self-interests and power (Cohen 2003).