Re: [atlarge-discuss] FYI: E-DEMOCRACY - REMOVING THE ELECTORAL BLINKERS

[Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>]

espresso@e-scape.net wrote:

> Today's E-GOVERNMENT BULLETIN contains an interesting article in which this bit strikes me as particularly apposite:
> >One of the main problems is that the demand for openness,
> >accountability and transparency that drives e-business works
> >against the processes that run political parties. There
> >are too many groups with self-interests that dominate political
> >parties who see no reason to change, even though e-democracy might
> >potentially benefit the party as well as society at large.
>
> One can hardly expect the self-interested to initiate the change. The question may well be "how can that change be made to happen anyhow?"

History shows us that it will be via a bloodbath.  That's pretty much the only thing which will work.

And... I damn well do hope it happens in my own lifetime.

Sincerely,

Sotiris Sotiropoulos




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