[EM] Conceiving a Democratic Electoral Process

[Peter Zbornik]

Good Morning Fred,

those points were just some food for thought.
Thanks for your reflection on some of them.
Let's start innovating democracy.

Best regards
Peter Zbornik

2012/8/10 Fred Gohlke <fredgohlke at verizon.net>

> Good Evening, Peter
>
> I think I've covered the primary points in your post.  Have I overlooked
> anything?  Can we use any of the material that has been expressed on this
> thread to conceive a democratic electoral process?
>
> Political systems are always an embodiment of human nature.  Until we
> learn to harness our own nature, we can improve neither our politics nor
> our society.  In the U. S., there is no Constitutional bar to devising a
> more democratic process; the only impediment is ourselves.  Since we can
> not divorce our political institutions from our own nature, we must make
> virtue a desirable attribute in those who seek political advancement.
>
> That may be difficult ... but it is not impossible.  The question is, "How
> can we get started?"
>
>
> Fred
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