[Foundation-l] New project - wikicracy

Sat Aug 11 03:46:56 UTC 2007

Thomas Dalton wrote:

>>That's a strange view of democracy. I see a collaborative process as
>>being more democratic than a vote-based system.
>>    
>>
>Well, by the strictest definition, democracy is rulership by the
>people, in which case you are absolutely right. The common definition,
>however, is rulership by the majority, which is what I was talking
>about.
>
The problem is that there are significant numbers of people in both 
camps.  The obscure word "psephocracy" is available to describe ruling 
by ballots.

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