In Ancient Greece, a restructuring of society was brought forward by nobleman Clethisenes, who divided Athens into ten new regional groupings to ensure spontaneous representation in government. It allowed Athens to become one of the most successful democracies in terms of its wealth and political achievement. Today, this method exists as electoral redistricting, but is being corrupted by self-motivated politicians in the form of gerrymandering. This process involves redrawing the boundaries of electoral districts to give an unfair advantage to one political party over another. Most districts in the U.S. are created with the purpose of gaining an electoral edge over rivals. This impacts voters of minority groups who are spread across multiple districts, hindering their ability to elect leaders that will truly represent them. Tinkering with this ancient practice is preventing the active participation of the demos, and eliminating spontaneity in the democratic process.

In modern society, random jury selection is one of the sole aspects of democracy that is truly spontaneous. Serving on a jury is an integral part of civic duty that all citizens are required to participate in when called upon. Before computer algorithms, children were enlisted to help conduct the selection process, as they were deemed to be pure and fair and entirely impartial. Many might argue that a similar random selection of government officials would raise the risk of bringing uneducated, self-motivated people to power. But is this even a logical assumption when a core piece of democracy, the jury, is entirely random? According to Efimia Karakantza, professor of Ancient Greek literature at the University of Patras, "the worker perhaps knows better how to run public affairs than a prime minister, who is always well protected.” If democracy is to be truly representative of the people, embracing and spreading such acts of spontaneity throughout every level of democratic representation is necessary.