Just Wondering wrote:

Then it would not be random would it.

It absolutely could be, and if you do not understand why, then you do
not understand what random actually means. A random drawing would not
guarantee a uniform cross section. Just as it is possible to flip a
coin 4 times and get heads each time, or roll 7 with four successive
rolls of the dice, or deal a hand of cards holding three aces, a
random drawing would certainly allow a legislature full of people you
certainly would not want passing laws.

Since by definition half of all people are below average in education,
or intelligence, or experience, or any other measure of competence,
and half are below average in being susceptible to influence peddling,
bribery extortion, blackmail, a random drawing, over the long run,
would virtually guarantee that about half of the time you would get a
legislature that is below average in competence, and below average in
being susceptible to control by others with their own private agendas.

Likewise, you do not understand "average."

If ten people take a test and nine score 100 while one scores a zero, 90% of
the test takers are above average.

Since your understanding is fatally flawed, your conclusion is also.


And what about free choice? What if someone doesn't want to serve? If you
make him or her serve anyway, that's slavery. If you let them
decline service, then you've lost the randomness.

In some jurisdictions, voting is mandatory. Australia comes to mind.