[pp.int.general] My thoughts at present

[Paul Tidwell]

Sorry for not finishing my thought before upping this but what I'm getting
at is that it will be chaotic but over the long run it will sort itself out
because it HAS to.


On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Paul Tidwell <pmtidwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> So my Previous post about this was just a link to it but I'm gonna share
> my thoughts about that link now: https://www.washingtonpost.
> com/world/europe/iceland-a-land-of-vikings-braces-for-a-
> pirate-party-takeover/2016/10/23/f1bfe992-9540-11e6-9cae-
> 2a3574e296a6_story.html
>
> OK so they say that they think Iceland right, under the pirates has overly
> vaguely defined proposals and it will cause problems in their government
> and economy if they are elected, correct?
>
> That's the principle objection that this person has especially with a move
> towards direct democracy among people who are not necessarily well educated
> about how to write laws and for instance how laws can have the spirit of
> those laws violated and how people can circumvent and the tactical
> maneuvering and everything.
>
> My frustration with this core line of logic about where Icelands economy
> is heading if they win is that  it's their economy.
>
> I mean... How do I put this... It incentivizes the population to learn.
>
> What I'm getting at is ordinary citizens will get better at drafting law
> if they  go with their disposition towards direct democracy.
>
> They will HAVE to, their economic livelihood will depend on it.
>
>
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