RE: Political systems (was Re: Reality bites)

From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Tue May 27 2003 - 18:44:28 MDT

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    William Wiser wrote:
    > Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
    >
    >> Since when is democracy an Extropian principle, or even a worthy
    >> goal? Extropy seeks free and open society; if something like
    >> democracy supports that goal, then it might be useful. But if it
    >> doesn't--and personally, I think democracy actively opposes that
    >> goal--then to hell with it. We can, and should, do better.
    >
    > What would you suggest instead of democracy?
    >
    > I ask this as someone who sort of agrees with you but has not figured
    > out what sort of system I would support.

    ### Try the non-territorial bicameral supermajoritarian IQ-weighed demarchy
    with automatic sunset laws, vernier voting, and with a prohibition of
    delegation of legislative authority. These are my pet ideas for the best
    political system, and if you are sufficiently intrigued, you can find the
    details in my posts to ExI and wta-talk over the past two years.

    Rafal

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