[EM] Student government - what voting system to recommend?

[Juho]

I'm not sure if I understood all of this correctly, but my thoughts  
go in the direction that democracy may be a representative democracy  
where voters need not be directly involved with all topics and all  
decisions. It s enough if the voters are able to tell which  
politicians or parties (or why not proxies) seem acceptable to them.

Juho


On Apr 25, 2007, at 6:44 , Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:

> At 03:56 PM 4/24/2007, Juho wrote:
>> On Apr 24, 2007, at 1:51 , Howard Swerdfeger wrote:
>> > 4) The ultimate form of democracy is one that
>> >  * maximizes voter knowledge of issues
>> >  * seeks to Involve the voters at every stage of decision making
>> > process   (direction, Discussion/deliberation, Vote)
>>
>> Agreed. These are some very key principles that make a democratic
>> system work well.
>
> Actually, while this is a common opinion, it is utterly impossible  
> on a large scale. It doesn't even work that way in fairly small  
> direct democracies.
>
> To me, the key element in democracy is consent. Ideally, informed  
> consent, but that isn't always possible.
>
> Think about it. I'm tired of repeating this stuff over and over,  
> besides, it's late and I have jury duty tomorrow. Somebody else can  
> explain it, if necessary.
>
>


		
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