Patrice, is completely right.. One of the amendments to May’s “deal" (sadly it
will not
succeed-it ay no longer be in play) is one to be put by Stella Creasy which
would mandate
more time by suspending article 50 not simply to delay the innevitable but of a
final vote but
a vote supported by the convening ‘Citizens Assemblies’ in a manner that
mirrors the approach
taken by the Irish abortion refferendum. This points to wider implications for
how we might
change how we change the way we do politics.
When I first heard about Citizen’s Assemblies I had no idea about how they
worked (sortation) and of
how they are increasingly becoming an important addition the democratic process
in a number
of countries, particularly when facing issues that are highly contentious and
divisive . As Patrice has
pointed out they were very important part of how the Abortion referendum in
Ireland was conducted.
As ever the Finton O’Tool essay is that Patrice provides a link to, is
extremely illuminating.
Among the many impotant observations for this list is the way in which this
process appeared to undercut
the use of polarising tactics and deliberate fake facts micro targeting
facilitated by sophisticated
data analytics. The anti-knowledge tactic of dismissing expertise completely
failed inpart because Citizans fora
changed the relationship between citizen and expert. It is vital and neglected
aspect of what is being proposed
and its future promise in addressing the much greater existential issues
associated Anthropocene.
Brilliant as O’tool’s artcle is, he and other commentators need to pay more
attention to is the importance
to the evolution of the role of expert knowledge (ethics,medical, legal) played
in the Irish forums. What is
vital to comprehend is that they were not brought in as regulators. Nor as the
voice of power and authority.
They were a resource that citizens could draw on in the prcess of coming to
their conclusions. We could look
on this as the beginings of an important broadly based move towards a more
dynamic, experimental and less
defferntial relationship not only between experts and citizens. It could
articulate a new relationship
between citizens, the unelected regime of regulation (expertocracy), and the
political class and the judiciary.
This is the direction in which we must travel to take us beyond te epistemic
crisis of the cybernetic era.
On 28 Jan 2019, at 06:15, Patrice Riemens <patr...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 2019-01-28 03:39, Heiko Recktenwald wrote:
>> Am 18/01/19 um 16:48 schrieb James Wallbank:
>>> Thanks for this summary David, I'd suggest that it's broadly accurate.
>>> Some of you may have noticed that Brexit has pretty much incinerated
>>> my social media presence (which used to focus on the impacts of
>>> digital engagement and transformation on the arts, culture, and
>>> locality,(plus a smattering of green issues). Now its focus is almost
>>> exclusively the madness of Brexit, which I can only interpret as the
>>> national equivalent of a nervous breakdown.
>> For me the basic problem is direct democracy as in referendum. And
>> second referendum. It may be unpopular because direct democracy looks
>> like the non plus ultra of democracy but Brexit shows that the non plus
>> ultra of democracy is the sovereignty of parliament. Also as far as a
>> second referendum is concerned. All that is necessary for "remain" is a
>> decision by a simple majority of MPs.
>> "Direct democracy", is this a fashion of politicians without
>> responbibility or a principle of constitutional law of the UK? Like the
>> sovereignty of parliament. Maybe we should rethink democracy once more.
>> Is direct democracy good in all cases? Obviously not.
>> Best, H.
>
>
> Heiko's remarks completely bypasses the fact (sorry, it's a fact) that the
> British 'Brexit' referendum was a clusterfaktap of major magnitude (&
> probably 'deliberate by default') in terms of how a real, valid referendum
> should be prepared and organised, even if you don't have the Swiss experience
> in running one.
>
> These two opinion pieces, highlighting the differences between the Irish
> abortion referendum ('in the end the people knew what they were voting for')
> and the British one (obfuscation central) should settle the score:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/29/brexit-ireland-referendum-experiment-trusting-people
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/26/brexiters-never-had-a-real-exit-plan-no-wonder-they-avoided-the-issue
>
> True democracy is direct democracy, difficult to handle as it is.
> Representative democracy, unless representatives are kept at a short leash by
> their constituents - never mind how representative a first pass the post
> system is - is a snapshot at best, and an elected dictatorship at worst.
>
> Cheers to all, p+2D!
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