Bank robbers may end up killing each other if they cannot agree on who is to get the last dollar because their own share become smaller than the one of their accomplice.
Since Rand, philosophers have learn to use the word "always-already" so much so that a society can now be seen as something always-already there for you.
What is ridiculous about the head-counting-type democracy is that we can be stuck with the most popular candidates having exactly the same total of votes.
Going out to cast a secret vote is not motivating because having to cast that secret vote is like having to recognize that our society is divided, that we have not been able to reach a consensus in a public deliberation.
This Assembly was an experiment in deliberative democracy and totally random experiment can be done only with non-humans. Routinely, people who accept to take part in focus groups have all sort of motivations, including making a bit of money.