At 03:56 PM 4/24/2007, Juho wrote: >On Apr 24, 2007, at 1:51 , Howard Swerdfeger wrote: > > 4) The ultimate form of democracy is one that > > * maximizes voter knowledge of issues > > * seeks to Involve the voters at every stage of decision making > > process (direction, Discussion/deliberation, Vote) > >Agreed. These are some very key principles that make a democratic >system work well.
Actually, while this is a common opinion, it is utterly impossible on a large scale. It doesn't even work that way in fairly small direct democracies. To me, the key element in democracy is consent. Ideally, informed consent, but that isn't always possible. Think about it. I'm tired of repeating this stuff over and over, besides, it's late and I have jury duty tomorrow. Somebody else can explain it, if necessary. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
