From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Mon Aug 05 2002 - 21:33:18 MDT
In a message dated 8/5/02 19:16:46, neptune@mars.superlink.net writes:
>Look at the track record of indirect representation at, say, the UN or
>other international agencies, such as the European Parliament.
The UN is a far more benign organization than its component pieces.
Yes, it's socialistic etc., but given that until recently its majority
was nasty vicious dictatorships it's pretty good. Its faults mostly
reflect the still widespread acceptance of dim Marxists concepts
like class war and nationalization, which needs to be attacked from
the intellectual side.
The current EP is directly elected. I'd the old EEC also compared favorably
to
its components and deserves tremendous acclaim for creating free movement
of goods and people in Europe.
>Why not instead advocate decentralization of political power --
>eventually down to the individual level?
I'm all for that. But in any case, we need to break the current fetish
of democracy as the only way to do things. Improving government by
reducing democracy would help people look at alternatives to the current
systems.
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