me: >>the only criterion is democratic, outside of the current debased form >>of democracy, i.e., with more complete democracy.
> That's "plutocratic" isn't it? (Democracy one person, one vote. Plutocracy > one dollar, one vote.) I don't understand. > Wouldn't the "most democratic outcome" be for a community "vote" to > distribute something equally among its members (e.g., a public park, a Big > Mack every Friday night)? < no, total equality isn't democratic, since people may decide democratically that inequality of some or even many sorts is perfectly acceptable. One of the things that can be "given" democratically is equal _rights_, which implies inequality of some sort. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
