On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:31 AM, <
Ted Becker> wrote:
Hi Jiri:
Just read your post on the definition of democracy. You're gonna LOVE
how I handle this in The Last, Lost Empire. Have you received the print
version and CD yet? If not, send me the address...plus your telephone
number and I'll forward it to my publisher and prod him. My bet is that
it was sent and should arrive soon. But you will see how exactly in
synch you and I are. I call "Representative Democracy" an
oxymoron....no matter what kind...since it is just a variation on
"Elected Oligarchy." I call national referendums the only true form of
"indirect democracy." And we both agree on what real democracy is. It
is, no more, no less, than what Abraham Lincoln so eloquently stated: "a
government of the people, by the people, and for the people." And that
means that among other things: THEY MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS...and do
not DELEGATE that power.
Stay involved in our pursuit and you'll be forever young until your
time on this wretched planet is up.
Ted.