Re: [apsa_itp] a quiet revolution in democracy - Very quiet!

[Michael Allan <mike@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 05:38:01AM -0500, Steffen W Schmidt wrote:
> When people have the opportunity to shape policy at the most proximate
> level - local elections; say school board races - the turnout is usually
> abysmal. Often less than 10% vote...

Steffen,

I apologize, I should not have answered your point about school boards
-- a very sensible point -- by predicting a 'world government'.  It's
completely absurd in that context.

I was trying to say that a nascent *international* legislature would
attract a great deal of participation.  And that, in turn, would
affect participation in *national* legislatures.  And so on, down the
jurisdictional hierarchy.

Please read my post as a thought experiment (crudely expressed) and do
not take offense,
--
Michael Allan

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