[P2P-F] Fwd: Ancient Athens didn't have politicians. Is there a lesson for us?

[Karl Robillard]

On Monday, January 14, 2013 09:44:58 AM M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 15:19:28 PM -0800, Karl Robillard wrote:
> > On Saturday, January 12, 2013 04:44:37 PM M. Fioretti wrote:
> > > I really think that the first thing that made the "Athenian model"
> > > possible in the first place was that their world was much simpler and
> > > smaller.
> > 
> > That's true that they lived in a less complex environment, but we
> > have much better techniques and tools to handle complexity here in
> > 2013.
> 
> I don't think that this, even if true, is sufficient, or maybe even
> relevant.


That was kind of my point.  The complexity you perceive is relative and not 
really relevant to whether you want people involved in making the laws they 
are subject to.  To say that the average person is not capable of helping to 
organize society is an endorsement for authoritarianism.  Will you stand for 
direct democracy, or will you be ruled by bureaucrats and technocrats?


-Karl