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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 2613297" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Well let's be honest here, our idea of political democracy these days has devolved into 2 wolves and a sheep discussing what is on the menu for dinner. But if you are speaking of participatory or consensus democracy, then the conversation is very different. I like the consensus democracy that was the Iroquois Confederation or sometimes called the 6 Nation Confederation. If an issue was before the confederation, a consensus position was passed among the local tribe and a delegate selected to represent the local tribe at the higher Confederation gathering. The delegate was only authorized to vote according to the consensus decision of the tribe and if any matter of the issue before the Confederation changed in any way, the delegate must abstain from voting and return back to the tribe to pass a new consensus. In other words, the selected delegate can only vote according to the agreed will of the tribe and not his own will, unlike the form of democracy we have today in which the elected person is free to choose his/her own will regardless the opinions of the people for whom they represent. This form of democracy I find very appealing for a variety of reasons. These forms also can and do work well in worker coops and worker managed environments among others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 2613297, member: 2189"] Well let's be honest here, our idea of political democracy these days has devolved into 2 wolves and a sheep discussing what is on the menu for dinner. But if you are speaking of participatory or consensus democracy, then the conversation is very different. I like the consensus democracy that was the Iroquois Confederation or sometimes called the 6 Nation Confederation. If an issue was before the confederation, a consensus position was passed among the local tribe and a delegate selected to represent the local tribe at the higher Confederation gathering. The delegate was only authorized to vote according to the consensus decision of the tribe and if any matter of the issue before the Confederation changed in any way, the delegate must abstain from voting and return back to the tribe to pass a new consensus. In other words, the selected delegate can only vote according to the agreed will of the tribe and not his own will, unlike the form of democracy we have today in which the elected person is free to choose his/her own will regardless the opinions of the people for whom they represent. This form of democracy I find very appealing for a variety of reasons. These forms also can and do work well in worker coops and worker managed environments among others. [/QUOTE]
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