[governance] In Multistakeholderism, those who would be Lobbyists become Legislators, & nobody else has a vote

[Paul Lehto]

The subject line says it most succinctly: In Multistakeholderism, those who
would be Lobbyists become Legislators, & nobody else has a vote.

In a democracy, it is a scandal that lobbyists have so much influence that
they even write the drafts of laws.  But in multistakeholder situations
they take that scandal to a whole new level:  those who would be lobbyists
in a democracy (corporations, experts, civil society) become the
legislators themselves, and dispense with all public elections and not only
write the laws but pass them, enforce them, and in some cases even set up
courts of arbitration that are usually conditioned on waiving the right to
go to the court system set up by democracies.

A vote is just a minimum requirement of justice. Without a vote, law is
just force inflicted by the wealthy and powerful. Multistakeholderism is a
coup d'etat against democracy by those who would merely be lobbyists in a
democratic system.  So yes, I think it is misleading at best to use the
word "democratic" in reference to multistakeholder systems.

Paul R. Lehto, J.D.
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Paul R Lehto, J.D.
P.O. Box 1
Ishpeming, MI  49849
lehto.paul at gmail.com
906-204-4965 (cell)
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