Astra Taylor, “The Right to Listen,” https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-future-of-democracy/the-right-to-listen. Interesting summary of themes in the recent documentary “What Is Democracy?” Well worth a watch as an example of deliberative democratic practices. As she rightly notes, deliberative theory can be overly enamored with speakers in an ideal public. However, more recent theory has focused on pragmatist accounts of discourse endemic to anywhere people are willing to explain themselves to each other. Moreover, as I’ve written last year, it can be coupled with democratic systems theory which apprehends interactive listening environments. Taylor pursues examples in the film as well as this essay’s debtor’s assembly. Systems theory aims to apprehend the way such assemblies could be made more robust as well as coordinated with other layers of democratic practice ranging from citizen’s juries, deliberation days, and mini-demoi to more familiar parliamentary institutions.