> On 12 Jan 2020, at 02:25, Rand Strauss <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Direct democracy and generally direct action assumes an interaction between >> an individual and a state of the world / physical object. So, the above >> definition is limited to a republican form of governance. It isn’t possible >> to compare two things, if the definitional frame eliminates one from >> consideration. > > We’re not comparing "two things." We’re looking at how democratic current > political systems are. Republics aim to be democratic as well as > constitutional. They can be evaluated along both axes. They can be > evaluated along other axes as well as others, such as how free they are, or > how equitable they are, though these aren’t part of the explicit definition > of "republic"… > -r
We are not looking at how democratic systems are. You specifically rejected any empirical determination and you reject the theoretical distinction I presented. My question is how to operationalize a concept like representation within a republican form of government. dss David Stodolsky, PhD Institute for Social Informatics Tornskadestien 2, st. th., DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark [email protected] Tel./Signal: +45 3095 4070
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