From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 27 2003 - 17:22:05 MDT
--- Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal@smigrodzki.org> wrote:
> 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.
Sounds good. The only thing I'd add would be mandatory naked news
anchors... oh, and capital punishment/legalized duelling for violating
oaths of office.
=====
Mike Lorrey
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