| Heiko Recktenwald on Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:19:15 +0100 (CET) |
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Dear all, Am 28/01/19 um 07:15 schrieb Patrice Riemens: << True democracy is direct democracy, difficult to handle as it is. Representative democracy, unless representatives are kept at a short leash by their constituents - never mind how representative a first pass the post system is - is a snapshot at best, and an elected dictatorship at worst. >> I dont think this anymore. Democracy is about decisions. They shall not be made by one person. "Direct democracy" is not more than an opinion poll. Why should the "real majority" not be a dictator as well? And why should "the people" not cange their mind? Who will ask them then? And why should "the people" matter at all? But first of all "the people" have no place in the constitution as far as decisions are concerned. If constitutions matter. And why should "the people" be bound by a constitution? Or any rules of law? https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/sovereignty/ Best, H. # 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: [email protected] # @nettime_bot tweets mail w/ sender unless #ANON is in Subject: