RE: [WDDM] Ferocious Attack on DD by the Economist

["Jim Powell" <jimpowell(at)mweb.co.za>]

I have read the article and found it informative and balanced

Jim Powell

South Africa

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua N Pritikin
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 6:57 AM
To: wddm@world-wide-democracy.net
Subject: Re: [WDDM] Ferocious Attack on DD by the Economist

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 02:13:48PM +0930, Martin Jackson wrote:
> Rather than being the curb on elites that they were supposed to be,
> ballot initiatives have become a tool of special interests, with
> lobbyists and extremists bankrolling laws that are often bewildering
> in their complexity and obscure in their ramifications.

Agreed

That is why we need to take the discussion of DD to a more sophisticated
level with deliberative procedures.

Check out http://ni4d.us for a serious proposal