NODE 5f1d1d46Re: Electronic Democracy
hfinney@shell.portal.com (Hal Finney)Sun, 15 Aug 93 11:21:56 PDT
The one comment I'd make on the wolves vs sheep analogy is this. In the
real world, there *are* wolves and sheep. Violence and coercion are part
of life. Democracy, in a sense, recognizes the power implicit in large
numbers of people. If they can't vote, they may revolt. No libertarian
government will survive without the acceptance of the masses.
A populace willing to countenance a Libertarian society would perhaps be
wise enough to be entrusted with democracy, anyway.
Hal Finney
hfinney@shell.portal.com