Post by Wayne Hall on Mar 16, 2019 1:54:48 GMT -5
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By the way, I don't agree with what I understand to be the Etienne Chouard proposal for the citizens' right to call referenda. The unorganized mass of the population is even more vulnerable to the influence of the corporate media than the citizens who are organized in political parties.Chouard's proposal as is, or as I understand it to be, is a perfect component for erection of yet another "divide and rule" scenario. Yellow Vests and others who want direct democracy should start from their own direct democracy, i.e. what they already doing collectively and the decisions they are reaching. This should be elaborated into an alternative decision-making mechanism, an alternative parliament, systematically and rigorously free from any mass media participation or influence. And this should then seek a mandate, through a referendum. This should be the only citizens' initiative referendum, to be held, say every five years to decide whether the existing multi party representative democratic parliament should have the mandate and the citizens' parliament should be advisory, or whether the citizens' parliament should have the mandate and the representative democratic universal franchise parliament merely advisory. It would also be good for the European citizens parliament to be housed in Eastern Europe, say in Sofia or Bucharest. Chouard's existing proposal as I understand it would be a proposal to jump from the frying pan into the fire.
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By the way, I don't agree with what I understand to be the Etienne Chouard proposal for the citizens' right to call referenda. The unorganized mass of the population is even more vulnerable to the influence of the corporate media than the citizens who are organized in political parties.Chouard's proposal as is, or as I understand it to be, is a perfect component for erection of yet another "divide and rule" scenario. Yellow Vests and others who want direct democracy should start from their own direct democracy, i.e. what they already doing collectively and the decisions they are reaching. This should be elaborated into an alternative decision-making mechanism, an alternative parliament, systematically and rigorously free from any mass media participation or influence. And this should then seek a mandate, through a referendum. This should be the only citizens' initiative referendum, to be held, say every five years to decide whether the existing multi party representative democratic parliament should have the mandate and the citizens' parliament should be advisory, or whether the citizens' parliament should have the mandate and the representative democratic universal franchise parliament merely advisory. It would also be good for the European citizens parliament to be housed in Eastern Europe, say in Sofia or Bucharest. Chouard's existing proposal as I understand it would be a proposal to jump from the frying pan into the fire.