[governance] Reconciling Democracy & Multistakeholderism: Having a Voice vs. Having a Vote

[McTim]

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Paul Lehto <lehto.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
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<snip>

>
> Put another way, even dictators must ultimately yield to consensus public
> opinion, at least if that public opinion has any force and staying power
> behind it.  The fact that consensus can usually change things even in a
> dictatorship does not mean consensus driven processes FOR VOTING constitute
> democracy.
>
> There's no consensus on consensus, McTim.  :)

Well, there has been for the last 40 years of Internet policy making.

As I have said before, Internet policy is constantly evolving.  While
Constitutions are difficult to change (and that's probably a good
thing), Internet policy is much easier to change.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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