Re: Anarcho-Capitalism > Agoric Democracy
Geoff Dale (geoff1@home.com)
Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:34:48 -0700
At 04:43 PM 4/14/98 +0000, you wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:55:08 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: Joe Jenkins <joe_jenkins@yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Anarcho-Capitalism > Agoric Democracy
>> To: extropians@extropy.com
>> Reply-to: extropians@extropy.com
>
>> What is the flaw in changing the name Anarco-Capitalism to Agoric
>> Democracy?
>
>The fact that it is neither agoric nor democratic?
>
>(On second thought, I'm not sure what "agoric" means. But when each
>person makes his own decision for himself and it applies to nobody
>else, that's hardly "democracy".)
Agoric is greek for market. As in agoraphobia, which translates to fear of
the market place (but is actually used as fear of wide open spaces).
See http://www.agorics.com/text/agoric.html for a precise definition.
I think what Joe's getting at, is that the MONEY votes. That's where the
democracy comes in.
- Geoff Dale