Election vs. Selection-Which way does the Khalsa lean?

The Sikh Renaissance

The age-old question of what is right and what is wrong, election or selection? The Ancient Athenians onwards, communities and societies have often favored selection over election with the crucial difference being that selections are done by a few for the many whereas elections are done by the many for a few. In this episode we get to the bare bones of both systems and make a case for selection given that this was the historic Sikh practice.