Jay: > The decision process was "democratic"* because it was based on "equal access > to power." A decision based on "money," is inherently undemocratic > (plutocratic) because it's a product of "unequal access to power" (how much > money one has). It's not about the OUTCOME, it's about the PROCESS.<
right. > IMHO, the we live in a "plutocracy" because almost all political questions -- > including the elections themselves -- are reduced to economic questions....< I don't think all questions are reduced to economic ones. Rather, those with more money have disproportionate power to determine the answers. By the way, years ago I read an article in the "Proceedings" of the U.S. Navy Institute that said that the U.S. was a plutocracy. I wonder how common this opinion is among Navy officers... -- 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
