Bryon Daly wrote: > >OTOH, I'm not sure a purely population-based voting power would be fair >either. Perhaps some measure based on a combination of population, >democratic representation, monetary dues paid, economic power and perhaps >even land size and/or resources might be more fair, but maybe not. I think >someone (many people) would be unhappy, no matter how things are >broken down. > I think the most fair split would be that each country would have representatives proportional to its biological diversity O:-)
In _Foundation's Triumph_, there's a discussion of a galaxy-wide democracy, and how easy it is to tail. One of the solutions was an _eight_-chamber parliament, with houses by population, planets (== area), social classes, etc. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
