Re: [OPE-L] The wisdom of crowds

From: GERALD LEVY (gerald_a_levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Sat Dec 08 2007 - 06:46:02 EST

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> In Australia, "compulsory voting'" is not actually compulsory voting, but compulsory ballot casting. 
 
 
 
Hi Jurriaan:
 
Yes, that's true. The current Australian system might be seen as an indirect
form of [bourgeois] democracy or - to use Paul C's terminology - an 
aristocracy.  In that system,  you are still voting for *representatives*.
 
In solidarity, Jerry

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