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\"In Avallon, people fly under their own power, cavorting\r\namong the giant trees.\" THE MILLENNIAL\r\nPROJECT By Marshal T. Savage. Image used by permission of\r\nEric Klien.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The promises of freedom and liberty can\r\nbe realized only when these are the promises of every citizen put\r\ninto effect by the exercise of political power. Wisdom expressed\r\nby the power of all the people is a shield against tyranny.\r\nWithout political power no one can insure either their own well\r\nbeing or the survival of the biosphere of Planet Earth. The Tree\r\nof Biospheric Destruction, demonstrates this\r\ntruth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n
Scientists believe we are in the midst\r\nof a mass extinction faster than the crash which occurred when\r\ndinosaurs died some 65 million years\r\nago.<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"All power derives from the people,\" is\r\nthe natural law presumed under the US Constitution but Americans\r\nhave never learned how to exercise their democratic powers well.\r\nWithout disciplined engagement by the people, discovering the\r\nlarger synthesis of valued ideas, the elite always rule in a\r\ndemocracy by the tyranny of the biggest fist, the loudest voice,\r\nthe largest bank account. In global dimensions conflicting\r\nperspectives, cultures, and languages are very greatly enlarged,\r\noverwhelming limited human capacities for processing relevant and\r\nvalid information. Globalization is a harbinger for elite rule\r\nunless corrected by new democratic\r\nstrategies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The appalling existing situation is the\r\noutcome of strategic failure in the democratic process, infesting\r\nthe whole of human relations, beyond mere politics of right and\r\nleft. The key to rule by \"the People,\" which is now illustrated in\r\na colorful slide show, is A\r\nTechnique of Democracy, which can facilitate meaningful\r\ndialogue in which everyone affected by the actions of public or\r\nprivate organizations, can participate to decide on their own\r\nfuture. This is based on the \"third phase science,\" in which\r\ncommunity groups are engaged as \"expert observers\" of the\r\nsituation in which they are embedded.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The technique of democracy<\/i> is a\r\nchallenge to crowd\r\npolitics: \"The successful politician is one who understands\r\ncrowds and how to dominate them. He speaks to the emotions, he\r\nrelies on repetition, he invents catch phrases. The crowd\r\nfollows.\" Traditional politics of the right and left rely on\r\ncrowd politics. No one plays that game better than capitalists,\r\nhowever, highly skilled in the devices of managing crowds. They\r\nalso own the mass media that carries their messages. The\r\nprogressive movement cannot succeed on those terms. After years\r\nof street protests, the progressive movement remains stalled. \"To\r\nsum things up,\" Susan George explains in \r\nAnother world is possible, \"the climate may be far better\r\nthan it was, but so far we haven’t actually won anything\r\nfrom the worldwide corporate government.\" The technique of\r\ndemocracy<\/i> was especially designed by CyberspaceCapital<\/i>\r\nfor emancipation of individuals at the grass roots level.\r\nEveryone should be enabled to facilitate meaningful dialogue\r\nvia<\/i> internet. This is the alternative to crowd politics.\r\nIt would strengthen mutual understanding of citizens and enlarge\r\ntheir social powers to support each other. Grass roots minority\r\ngroups immediately understand and applaud this alternative, it\r\nhas been my experience, whenever I have had the opportunity to\r\npresent the case.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A Conference\r\non Internet Managed Dialogue, July 7-11, 2003, is now\r\nplanned, to engage \"the People\" in meaningful dialogue about the\r\ndigital divide. To subscribe to forthcoming information about\r\nthat Conference<\/i>, Click CC-Registrar.\r\nType \"subscribe conference info\".<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n","contact":"Vigdor@cyberspacecapital.org","link":"http:\/\/cyberspacecapital.org","address":"18 - 9th Street NE Apt #206, Washington, DC 20002-6042","phone":"202-547-8715","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"This item explores the dynamics of popular rule versus elite rule in a democracy, and the vital role of A Technique of Democracy, which is designed to help emancipate popular engagement in the process of democracy. The story is linked to a colorful slide show just released by CC, describing that \"technique of democracy.\"","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2002\/03\/who_rules_.html","filesize":"6.1 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2002\/03\/15505.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}