[Foundation-l] New project - wikicracy

Sat Aug 11 05:58:19 UTC 2007

I like 'chadocracy', for some people named Chad.   SJ

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Ray Saintonge wrote:

> 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.
>
> Ec
>
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