Re: Fwd: what other subject is there this morning

Posted by Owen Densmore on Nov 09, 2016; 5:21pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Fwd-what-other-subject-is-there-this-morning-tp7588191p7588204.html

Great post Eric, thank you.

At first I was tempted to say "Democracy Sucks", but then I got to thinking that possibly it is an unstable equilibrium? 

Indeed, many claim that only 20% of the voters control the vote because 40% are dyed in the wool Democrats or Republicans. I.e. a very small part of the community actually control the whole.

The "Euro-cracy" was blamed for the Brexit, having much the superiority complex you mention. But then, might it be a better form of community decision making than overwhelming democracy .. voting on everything?

It is as you mention the *institutions of democracy* that matter, and I hope they survive.

There is a systematic effort on all fronts all the time to dismantle the institutions of democracy to capture spoils in a competition.

   -- Owen

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