I'm not sure if I understood all of this correctly, but my thoughts
go in the direction that democracy may be a representative democracy
where voters need not be directly involved with all topics and all
decisions. It s enough if the voters are able to tell which
politicians or parties (or why not proxies) seem acceptable to them.
Juho
On Apr 25, 2007, at 6:44 , Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
At 03:56 PM 4/24/2007, Juho wrote:
On Apr 24, 2007, at 1:51 , Howard Swerdfeger wrote:
> 4) The ultimate form of democracy is one that
> * maximizes voter knowledge of issues
> * seeks to Involve the voters at every stage of decision making
> process (direction, Discussion/deliberation, Vote)
Agreed. These are some very key principles that make a democratic
system work well.
Actually, while this is a common opinion, it is utterly impossible
on a large scale. It doesn't even work that way in fairly small
direct democracies.
To me, the key element in democracy is consent. Ideally, informed
consent, but that isn't always possible.
Think about it. I'm tired of repeating this stuff over and over,
besides, it's late and I have jury duty tomorrow. Somebody else can
explain it, if necessary.
___________________________________________________________
Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
----
election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
