Subject: Public parties: a Trojan Horse in the party system Kristofer and Paul,
Kristofer Munsterhjelm said: > It might be of interest to know that a Norwegian joke party had a > platform somewhat like this. While it would not put the selection of > candidates in the hands of the public, all the candidates (both of > them) pledged to follow the public's will. Now, that might sound > like what any politician would say, but they had a very precise > definition in mind: they would put up a web poll about each > parliamentary decision-to-be and then follow the people's decision > according to that poll. ... > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Political_Party_(Norway) ... I can see the joke - a parody of democracy hung on marionette strings. But there are no such strings in what I proposed. Aside from what they're already allowed by law (in elections), the public are given no mechanism to control the actions of legislators. Certainly the public *party* gives them none, because (unlike a political party) it exercises no control over nominees, candidates or elected officials. http://metagovernment.org/wiki/User:Michael_Allan/Public_parties#Substance But I value your opinion, Kristofer. Do you seriously find any fault in the proposal? Any reason why it should fail to work? Paul Nollen said: > Demoex (Norway in Vallentuna a suburb of Stockholm) is indeed > working that way. Which way? Norwegian joke party, or public party? -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/ ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info