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The other problem is that a citizens’ assembly has to come to an agreed consensus, sort of like a jury verdict.

Of course, there’s not always an instant consensus.

"We have reached a framework to implement the Geneva consensus," Lutnick told reporters.

Consider the teaching of evolution, which still faces resistance in parts of the United States more than a century after Darwin, or climate change, for which overwhelming scientific consensus has not prevented political polarization.

That necessitates building partisan and international consensuses, which appear elusive in Trumpworld, in order to keep the project alive through changes in political control of the White House and Congress.