[governance] Pro-multistakeholderist versus pro-democracy viewpoints

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Thanks for your constructive responses Norbert. I have really
appreciated them.

Anriette


On 10/03/2015 21:21, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 16:46:15 +0000
> Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> 
>> First, I've been criticizing the term "MS" for years, I recognize its
>> limitations and have stoutly resisted its transformation into a
>> religion.
> 
> By the way, I certainly agree that Milton definitely deserves
> recognition and respect for these efforts, including in regard to the
> many insightful blog posts that he has made in this context over the
> years. I write this while disagreeing with some aspects of those
> blog posts, in particular I disagree with what I see as a stance of
> extremely pro-capitalist economic liberalism. 
> 
>> The reason I resist JNC-style calls for democracy, however, is (and I
>> thought I explained this in my first post) that JNC seems to be
>> advocating either a reassertion of state-based national
>> government/multilateral 'democracy', or an isomorphic translation of
>> 20th century nation state democracy to the global level. If that shoe
>> doesn't fit you, or anyone else in JNC, don't wear it.
> 
> To my best knowledge this shoe doesn't fit anyone in JNC. In any case
> I'm certainly not going to wear it.
> 
>> I also don't
>> see their version of democracy as sufficiently seasoned with
>> liberalism, and democracy without liberalism is just mob rule, which
>> on a global scale seems disastrous to me.
> 
> JNC's demands for democratic governance could be described much more
> accurately as seeking to prevent mob role, and seeking to end it where
> it currently exists. 
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> co-convenor, Just Net Coalition (JNC)
> JustNetCoalition.org
> 
> 
> 
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