Democracy and evolution

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels-3 on Dec 17, 2006; 8:07am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Democracy-and-evolution-tp523130p523165.html

Phil Henshaw wrote:

>..well, unless you rely on how a system 'out of control' will take care
>of itself
>
The basic mechanism is evolution.   Fit organizations survive and weak
ones do not.
As organizations become more fit, they control more of the ecology.  
It's a basic requirement of any organization to fight for its survival
or get squeezed out.    When dominant organizations stop fighting, e.g.
by forming cartels, they become fat and more vulnerable to attack or
systematic intervention by government (much the same kind of the same
thing).   Of course the cartels can have strong influence over the
government and thus inequity can persist.