[p2p-research] "representative democracy"

[Michel Bauwens]

hilarious ... that's a really good one!

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:

> worth watching this interesting video report - makes one wonder about such
> forms of "democracy" worldwide :
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8709517.stm*
> *
>
> *"The Russian government continues to portray itself as democratic - even
> though critics say its elections are carefully stage-managed, opposition is
> barely tolerated and the media is almost fully controlled. *
>
> *Political leaders point to the parliament or Duma as evidence of
> democracy in action. But now they will have to think again. *
>
> *In a rare moment of revelation - a television camera crew has managed to
> film what really happens inside the parliament when it is time to vote on
> the burning issues of the day."*
>
>


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