From: Abraham Moses Genen (futurist@frontiernet.net)
Date: Mon Jun 23 1997 - 18:58:56 MDT
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> From: Hagbard Celine <hagbard@ix.netcom.com>
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Subject: Re: Free Speech vs big money spin
> Date: Sunday, June 22, 1997 5:50 PM
>
> Mark Grant wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Abraham Moses Genen wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible that rather than reject democracy as a system we can
> > > learn to adapt the prevailing system to provide for full
participation?
> >
> > The problems with dumbocracy are fundamental, and cannot be corrected;
> > the basic idea is that a small group of badly informed people hundreds
or
> > thousands of miles away are better qualified to judge situations than
> > those who are directly involved. All that 'full participation' will do
is
> > to give this judgement power to millions of badly informed people
rather
> > than hundreds. Personally I think that's much worse.
>
>
> So then the problems with dumbocracy can be corrected. Keep all people
> well-informed.
>
> --
> Hagbard Celine
>
> Not a clerk of the nostalgia of the declining ruling class.
Dear Hagbard and other fellow Extropians,
Full participation should mean more than being fully informed.
It should mean being fully educated in reasoning and developing the
understanding required to make careful, critical, value judgements based on
highly developed knowledge, skills and abilities.
Ultimately, dear Hagbard, we should all be part of the ruling class.
A.M. Genen
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