Open Left

Thanks!

Sorry, I'm not sure if I've ever posted here before, but if I did it was a long time ago, so I screwed up replying to you.
Cheers for the recommendation as well - I'll go and check it out, I love Ursula LeGuin anyway, and that's not one I've come across. Though the amount of university reading is kind of cutting in to my free time at the moment!
You're right about the difficulty of the change as well - perhaps a delegable proxy system would make for an easier shift, I guess; I hadn't considered it in that light. I found the site that you linked to earlier a couple of years ago and had thought the idea has its merits, it reminds me of Guild Socialism, or possibly associative forms of democracy in its representation by issue rather than territory.
Still, I'm convinced that representation isn't tenable in the long term - not with Open-source forms of organisation acting as guide.
I've gotta go but got more to discuss, so I'll be back!

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by: Danothebaldyheid @ Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 15:08:51 PM CDT