“do you think the Ivy League professor or the media mogul, regardless of what noises are making, really have it in their best interest something that corresponds to an idealised, rationally cleaned up version, of what OWSers really want? ”
Of course not, which is where I think most of the difficulty in getting democratic systems to work comes in. It’s hard to communicate the will of the majority effectively, and it’s hard to tell on which points the leaders diverge sometimes. This ends up making bills that aren’t what you want, and making them frequently.
I’ll have to think of if there are any ways to change that, some hack to reduce the complexity of the task to something doable. I’ll also have to think of that sometimes when it’s not 2:00 AM. I’ll be thinking about this though, and I hope other people who stop by will too.
“do you think the Ivy League professor or the media mogul, regardless of what noises are making, really have it in their best interest something that corresponds to an idealised, rationally cleaned up version, of what OWSers really want? ”
Of course not, which is where I think most of the difficulty in getting democratic systems to work comes in. It’s hard to communicate the will of the majority effectively, and it’s hard to tell on which points the leaders diverge sometimes. This ends up making bills that aren’t what you want, and making them frequently.
I’ll have to think of if there are any ways to change that, some hack to reduce the complexity of the task to something doable. I’ll also have to think of that sometimes when it’s not 2:00 AM. I’ll be thinking about this though, and I hope other people who stop by will too.