[EM] Practical Democracy

Frank Martinez frankdmartinez at gmail.com
Sun Jan 31 12:20:54 PST 2016


If the Peers are chosen at random, how is there accountability?

On Sunday, January 31, 2016, Fred Gohlke <fredgohlke at verizon.net> wrote:

> Good Afternoon, Andrew Myers
>
> Re: "This seems like a terrible system that will lead to tyranny.
>      In a system with n levels, you need only something like
>      (2/3)^n of the leaf voters on your side to win. With 7
>      levels that's 6%."
>
> I don't understand why you think PD would lead to tyranny.  The 'leaf
> voters' (I'm not sure what they are, but assume they are at the fringes of
> political thought) may form a party and be assigned to triads with other
> members of their faction to select their best advocate, but they have no
> other means of aligning themselves.
>
> At each level, those who seek to advance must persuade two randomly chosen
> peers they are best qualified to advocate the common interests of the
> group.  Whether or not those who are 'leaf voters' can influence the
> selection depends on the value of their perspective to the other members of
> their triad.
>
> During the process, participants will necessarily consider both common and
> conflicting interests.  The ability to advance will depend on an
> individual's ability to reduce the diverse interests of the group members
> to their essential element - their effect on their peers - and conceive a
> resolution that appeals to the other members of their triad.
>
> That does not imply tyranny.  On the contrary, it implies resolution of
> diverse interests by compromise.
>
> Fred Gohlke
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