Re:[WDDM] Direct Democracy and Political Parties

[s'ace <cjdegroot(at)orange.nl>]

thanks for broadcasting the considerations, webmaster!
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> Datum: 04/11/06 09:43 AM
> Van: "WDDM webmaster" <wbm@world-wide-democracy.net>
> Aan: wddm@world-wide-democracy.net
> CC: democracy-europe(at)yahoogroups.com, "cicdd" <cicdd(at)yahoogroups.com>
> Onderwerp : [WDDM] Direct Democracy and Political Parties
>
> Our recent e-mail discussion on the possible role of political parties in the
> promotion/achievement of DD can be found posted here:
> http://www.world-wide-democracy.net/common/dd_parties.html
> (with all repetitions of individual contributions removed).
>
> Can we say that its highlights or conclusions are: ?
>
> - The notion of a Direct Democracy political party is self-contradictory by
> definition.
>
> - A DD political party will have a hard time to live up to its principles.
>
> - However it is claimed that in some jurisdictions it may be the only way to
> achieve change.
>
> - The most important/hardest thing to solve is how to convince the majority of
> public that DD is a better system - how to show the public that it works.
>
> - A DD party (movement) should be global.
>
> Mirek


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