[MD] Biological Quality & Social Conservatism

[David M]

Hi Ian

I kinda think that there is a debate to be had about how
to reach good decisions and also giving everyone a
voice and more involvement/responsibility than a vote every few years.

Ta
David M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ian glendinning" <psybertron at gmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Biological Quality & Social Conservatism


> Ah, right David - I see the confusion ... as usual I used some scare
> quotes (around "elitism") when I interjected ...
> 
> I mean elitism within what is basically some form of free democracy to
> start with, not an exclusive either / or.
> 
> I say "some form" because democracies come in all shapes and sizes,
> and they are the worst form of governance except for all the other
> forms as someone (Churchill ?) once said. Within all that variety of
> forms it seems (intellectually)valuable to work out how the wise get
> more clout. You may recall we had a one-man-one-vote debate on FoW -
> and I got thoroughly kicked in the teeth for even suggesting
> consideration of any other other possibility - so well yeah, equal
> suffrage, but popular elections cannot possibly make all significant
> decisions affecting the population.
> 
> Ian
> 
> On 8/15/07, David M <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi Ian
>>
>> Thought this might be an elite vs democracy debate?
>>
>> DM
>>
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