Posted: Sep 23, 2013 12:24 pm
Veenet may clarify, but this...
reads to me as an issue of rulers' governing decision-making, i.e. policy, not implementation of that policy. I.e. it is about alternatives to representative democracy - elected politicians.
You could read " look after ourselves" as referring to the entire organisational structure, some anarchic commune or something, but I suspect that isn't how Veenet meant it.
Irrespective of the scope of the OP there is a discussion that can be had about degrees of collective governance and what might be feasible. If you think elected members are necessary you can consider how their decision making might be better connected to the peoples' views.
Veenet wrote:Can we use this amazing new technology called the internet in order to look after ourselves as a collective opposed to having rulers govern decisions on our behalf that effect the whole planet?
reads to me as an issue of rulers' governing decision-making, i.e. policy, not implementation of that policy. I.e. it is about alternatives to representative democracy - elected politicians.
You could read " look after ourselves" as referring to the entire organisational structure, some anarchic commune or something, but I suspect that isn't how Veenet meant it.
Irrespective of the scope of the OP there is a discussion that can be had about degrees of collective governance and what might be feasible. If you think elected members are necessary you can consider how their decision making might be better connected to the peoples' views.