From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rms2g@virginia.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 14 2002 - 16:28:09 MDT
Dan Fabulich wrote:
Consider my other objection, which you snipped, that merely on a
*cultural* level, regardless of political situation, classes breed
mistrust and misinformation. Surely you can see that this would happen to
at least *some* extent when you erect cultural boundaries between groups,
especially when you strengthen those boundaries with different political
rights.
Or do you merely mean that the smart guys would get to say whatever they
like about what the law should be? Wouldn't everybody get to do that? ;)
### I see your point. There could be a minor amount of friction between the
two chambers of my parliament, and it's true that classes breed mistrust and
misinformation.
Yet, the differences between the average citizens and the +two-sigma group
are real (meaning - these classes exist whether we acknowledge them or not),
and directly pertinent to the ability to understand complex phenomena, and
to devise working solutions. I am reasonably confident that the minor
friction I mentioned above (and it would be minor because neither group
would be able to dominate the interaction) would be offset by a much more
efficient process of lawmaking.
Rafal
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