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Post by commiczar on Jun 2, 2009 5:59:00 GMT 10
Greetings to All !!
Just another topic to think about..........
Democracy, theocracy, technocracy, etc are all discriptives of various forms of "macro" governments; which leaves all of the MicroGovts within the MicroSphere with the freedom to adopt / adapt the term: "Microcracy"; which, of course, is an "umbrella" term for the various versions of government within the diversities of the Greater Micronational Movement.
And as always, and and all informative replies are hereby thanked in advance.
Regards to All !! _____________
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George
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Post by George on Jun 4, 2009 7:58:34 GMT 10
Most micronations are 1-3 person totalitarian dictatorships, occasionally dressed up to look like something else.
There are very few exceptions.
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Post by commiczar on Jun 4, 2009 8:14:13 GMT 10
Most micronations are 1-3 person totalitarian dictatorships, occasionally dressed up to look like something else. There are very few exceptions. Agreed.
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Post by Chas Jago on Jun 4, 2009 9:29:38 GMT 10
Most micronations are 1-3 person totalitarian dictatorships, occasionally dressed up to look like something else. There are very few exceptions. That is true, most Micronations attempt Democracy but tend to fail because of activity or interest, the majority of Principalities and Kingdoms, oh and ofcourse empires tend to last longer, because of the absolute interest of the ruler. Alteria has been experimenting with Direct Democracy for a number of years, but I suspect the lack of elections(everybody is already in the govt) means we dont have the interest that other nations might have.
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Post by commiczar on Jun 4, 2009 11:15:00 GMT 10
"Direct Democracy" is the purest form of democratic rule, as it allows for direct input from the citizens; which to me, would be the best for the masses, but would not be so good for the traditional "powers-that-be": i.e. corporations, and professional politicians, and the like.
I'm not too sure, but didn't Switzerland's government practice a degree of "Direct Democracy" at one time; or maybe it still does. ( ? )
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Post by George on Jun 4, 2009 11:46:34 GMT 10
Direct democracy is a sure-fire recipe for chaos, unless the franchise is extremely limited (as it was in ancient Athens).
See my recent post concerning "Too much democracy" in present day California for more on this subject. An overabundance of direct democracy there has effectively turned the place into an ungovernable basket case.
As a general rule, democratic systems only work in societies that are reasonably socialy homogenous where there are no vast discrepancies of wealth (like Switzerland) - or at least where there is a large, economically comfortable middle class making up most of the population.
This is why countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada are stable parliamentary democracies, and Iraq, Afghanistan and much of Africa are not.
Of course there are some interesting exceptions to the rule: India, Brazil, South Africa, being the most obvious.
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