On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 05:06:01 -0500 John Newman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On July 23, 2018 3:42:49 PM CDT, juan <[email protected]> wrote: > >On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 12:03:18 +1000 > >Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> > >> ∙ the state direct democracy anarchy/ism > > > > > > so what is 'direct democracy'? A bunch of statists who can 'directly > >vote' on how to abuse their betters? > > > > unless you give some actual specification for 'direct democracy' > > > In sci-fi by Alistair Reynolds there is a certain faction called the > Demarchists (or demarchy, but doesn't have the same connotation as the > English word) - they all get a neural implant at birth that automatically > polls them on every conceivable issue in their particular community, > eventually it sort of faids to a low background noise in their head.... And > they all vote, on everything. I think it would drive you fucking insane but > its a type of (speculative) "direct democracy". And the author presents it as good, bad, or he remains impartial to it? Anyway, that sort of mechanism seems like a wet dream for people interested in turning (other) people into the most 'efficient' cogs for 'society'. > > > >(which is just another for of statism anyway) you are not saying much, > >if anything.
