An interesting case in point is the small town that I'm moving to. Back in the 70's they set up their own participatory democracy (not a representative democracy), and basically succeeded from county control. They have their own building department, water board, etc. Only 60 some people live there full time. However now, 30 years later, the biggest problem they have is apathy. They can't even get 15% of the town to regularly show up for community meetings, which is where they're supposed to decide stuff.
On 10/27/05, Joe Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mike Weaver wrote: > > >viz straight represetative democracy - be careful what you wish for. If > >Saudi Arabia had a pure representational system they'd wind up with a > >far more radical Wahab state. Look at California's referendum system - > >it's out of control. It's created an ungovernable state. Looks at > >Arizona's "you pay no school taxes if you're over a certain age" > >measure. Great - I got my free education the hell with you. Just keep > >paying my social security. > > > > > Yes because it was referendum taken at too local a level. The more you > shrink the voting pool the more radical and crazy it becomes. The more > you broaden it the more even (and slow) it becomes. > > >Presumably we elect leaders to make decision in the best interest of the > >governed. I don't know that the founders ever expected the voters to be > >so apathetic and so easily fooled. > > > > > A dangerous and foolishly naive presumption it has turned out to be > don't you think? Aren't we all dumb for letting the charade go on! > > Joe > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
