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The Past and Future of Democracy
Read more: The Past and Future of DemocracyWe are actually relearning ideas from the past in order to create a better future. That requires building a real democracy, not the updated oligarchy the FVC people think will fix everything.
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There is No Cheap Way to Make Change
Read more: There is No Cheap Way to Make ChangeThis is regardless of what ‘electoral’ people want to believe. It is time for me to write something I have had in mind for awhile. As with anything worth writing, there are particular groups of people who are not going to like it. In this case, these are people who are still hung up on…
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The Relationship Between Voting Reform and Democracy Revised 2022
Read more: The Relationship Between Voting Reform and Democracy Revised 2022\ This year I tried again to run for the board of Fair Vote Canada. If you are not familiar with them and the idea of Proportional Representation, go here.This is not because I think I can win. I want to try to get these people to rethink their premises. I want to see a…
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On the relationship between Voting Reform and Democracy.
Read more: On the relationship between Voting Reform and Democracy.For the membership of Fair Vote Canada further to my candidacy for the board of that organization. Also, for the edification of anyone who is interested in the subject or likes my blog posts.I have already presented a quite long piece for the information of the FVC members who will vote in the coming AGM.…
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FVC and poor old Me
Read more: FVC and poor old MeMemories of twenty years of studying democratic reforms and the people I met.That the existing political structures in Canada do not make any sense is something I have been aware of for as long as I have thought about how the world works. I was aware well before Fair Vote Canada ever came along that…