| From: | "M. Kolar" <wddm(at)mkolar.org> |
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| Date: | Tue, 31 May 2005 23:35:58 -0600 |
| Subject: | Re: FW: [cicdd] EU Referendum and EU Constitution |
Laila, and Chris
If we wanted to call things with their name, the political
arrangement you are in favour of is not "democracy".
It is bureaucracy.
Also, the political arrangement that Joseph Thompson is
pointing out to, and that so many people call "democracy"
is not democracy. It is aristocracy (with politicians in the
role of the modern aristocrats) or, by digging a little back
to them, plutocracy.
The recent French referendum about a policy called "EU
Constitution" proved that
"Top-down policies with a bottom-up origin
are the only ones that function effectively"
Plainly, the EU Constitution had no bottom-up origin, and
this seems the major reason of its flop. Of course, I am
in favour of your view, that "politics like administration
should not be managed by citizens who have not skills
and are not certified for these fields of activity". That is,
"officials" who have skills and are certified for those fields
of activity, implementing policies, look quite necessary.
But the policies they implement MUST BE ORIGINATED
by the people grassroots bottom-up, and NOT by the officials
themselves top-down, be the latter bureaucrats, experienced
politicians, scientists, successful businessmen -- or finally, by
the "democracy activists".
That is, only when the people are allowed - facilitated to
make their voices be heard from bottom-up, the political
arrangement in office can be adjudged "democracy".
Regards,
antonio