> On Jun 5, 2016, at 3:25 PM, nettime's consitutional hobbyist > <nett...@kein.org> wrote: > > Mexico is launching a big experiment in democracy that promises to turn > people’s ideas into the new law of the land. > > By Rafa Fernandez De Castro > http://fusion.net/story/298572/how-mexico-city-is-using-the-internet-to-crowdsource-its-new-constitution/
Because after all, direct democracy has a sterling track record of sensible and effective governance. Just look north to California. 'Proposition 13 changed political culture. Up to this point, the initiative process had been described as a “safety valve”. Now it became an industry and a circus' http://www.economist.com/node/18548109 (not that I have a better idea, but still…) Eric # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nett...@kein.org # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject:
