A True democracy we would be on our computers at least 6 hrs a day just to take care of government business.. beside having to earn a living... But in the US's case make it mandatory that no bill or law can cover more than 2 A4 pages in length.. The US needs to get in touch with world standards in paper standards Allan
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Vam <[email protected]> wrote: > A very good question ! > > And, if not, what ? > > On Feb 12, 10:04 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't believe in democracy as standardly dreamed up. The problem is > > an idiot demos. But my contention is that I believe in the rights of > > this demos more than most who claim to be democrats. Most situations > > in everyday life contain no true democracy - work being the classic. > > We rarely believe social groups can work without a chain of command. > > > > There are alternatives to "strong leadership" (which gives us goons > > like Blair, Bush, Putin, hitler - etc. the list is almost endless) and > > the farce of the current GOP list. The Dutch polder system is an > > example. But we generally shy away from collective decision making as > > too slow. > > > > Anti-democracy is built in to our systems. Think about our likely > > collective reluctance to pay me 90% of our resources if we had a > > business - yet we might not understand how those few doing such taking > > in the general economy take in the same way from us through ideology > > of the deserving rich. We would easily be able to vote against 'my > > 90%' - but how do we vote against Apple's sweatshops and cash held > > offshore? > > > > Are you a democrat? -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
