Re: [WDDM] Truer Democracy #01

[Filia den Hollander <holla(at)xs4all.nl>]

Hmmm - should we try to arrange a real-life meeting ? In, say, six
months ? (Argh! That will be winter.)


I have a feeling that if we go deeper into the subject of 'people's
constitution', we will need some actual 'cases' to work on. WDDM is a
virtual 'cloud' that floats above 'actual ground'. We can make an WDDM
Constitution (can we?), but as soon as we try to deal with 'actual
ground' - I believe this is also the 'political space' that
Vijayaraghavan is speaking of -, one issue on which we have to
deliberate is how to deal with political cultures.

Good night (and good luck),
Filia den Hollander





Op 24-mei-07 om 15:49 heeft Vijayaraghavan Padmanabhan het volgende
geschreven:

> Dear Eric Lim and all,
> You have suggested that we need a 'people's constitution' to truly
> reflect the people's opinion on how governance should be and to end
> the present virtual 'rule' by representatives. Agreed. But how are we
> going to make this happen unless we are going to occupy the political
> space by taking on the political parties through a workable strategy?
> And political space (lying within the collective consciousness of
> people) is occupied in modern times by contesting in elections. Hence
> our mission statement should be tailored keeping this in focus.
>
> Doug Everingham in his e-mail has suggested we need to oppose
> political parties like we oppose so many other undesirable groups. But
> that is not enough to occupy political space. We need to directly take
> on them and allow the people to decide and choose between the same old
> kind of party politics or a new kind of politics where they are able
> to participate in matters of governance more genuinely.
>
>  PVR
>
>
>  On Thu, 24 May 2007 lpc1998 wrote :
>  > Dear PVR and Mark,
>  >
>  > Yes, having read some of your emails, I am too convinced that we do
> share many points of agreement.
>  >
>  > Yes, we are seeking for a system of government where [...]