[p2p-research] "representative democracy"

[Ryan Lanham]

The good news is that such theatre is hard to maintain and if it is
convincing to the locals, the will start to believe they have the right to
democratic systems even if the tables are rigged.  This is a bit like
America in 1880.  Even if the tables are rigged, at least people believe
they are playing a fair game.  It may be that belief is more important than
the actual outcomes.

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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