> There is no democracy on a cruise ship, but people seem to like 'em.
>
They have a choice not to go.
Democracy means that people choose their own laws
together, and they are aware why the laws are necessary and
that they can change them when circumstances change.
The present version is only a small step towards this, as the law is made
in and represent the interest the capitalist state, that exists to
save the system that serves only those in power. And nobody else.
Based on the present economic structure a technocracy would
be exactly the same. Instead of politicians, the scientists would be
lobbied, e.g. the present debates on smoking, aids, MSE,
genetical engineering, nuclear power, etc, etc. Those with the
economic power will control the scientists, just as they control the
politicians now.
In the era of approaching global literacy and global information
flow, no totalitarian regime can be stable, however "good
intentioned". They would rely on too narrow pool of decisionmaking,
and decisions won't be executable without a democratic will of a
large majority anyway.
People are only enthusiastic the execution of decisions they had a chance to
make themselves, understand, and agree.
Eva
> Jay
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