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

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 27/10/2012, at 9:52 AM, Paul Lehto <lehto.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Question back to you Jeremy:  What gives you, or any MS governance outfit, the right to force other people to do your will?  If you can't trace your authority back to some election (e.g. being appointed by elected legislators, etc), then the public power you purport to exercise is illegitimate.  
> 
> No matter how weak, or strong, one considers the democratic monopoly on legitimacy to be, all other claims to legitimacy are significantly more fragile, much more questionable.  If the claim is based on wisdom or expertise, why not make following the rules derived from that policy totally voluntary and based on persuasion of others and at all on enforced rules or standards?


Well, that's exactly what all global multi-stakeholder processes are.

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