Fred Gohlke wrote:
Political parties have controlled our existence for 200 years.
During that period, we have seen incredible advances in technology,
but, instead of those changes redounding to the benefit of the
people, they have empowered a few at the expense of the rest of us
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Good Afternoon, Juho
re: Yes, that method reduces campaigning since all decisions are
very local. The answer in this case seems to be to reduce
the number of candidates that each voter can vote.
The purpose of the method is not to reduce the number of candidates
that each voter can
--- On Sun, 8/3/09, Fred Gohlke fredgoh...@verizon.net wrote:
Good Afternoon, Juho
re: Yes, that method reduces campaigning since all
decisions are
very local. The answer in
this case seems to be to reduce
the number of candidates that each
voter can vote.
The purpose of
Juho Laatu wrote:
[My] claim is based on the
general assumption that
systems that aim at some
ideal state meet also some
counter forces that lead
to erosion. Also the current
political systems fall short
of their ideal goals.
Which brings to mind the itenarary of our discussion:
1.