Posts by Christiaan
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Kim Hill used to be one thing I really missed living in London. No longer. Me and the Mrs listen to the podcast each Sunday morning in bed on my iPhone.
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Well with the mess you "moderates" and your capitalist friends have got the world into a little radicalism would be welcome in my opinion.
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Is there a good webpage comparing STV with MMP somewhere?
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By the way, what is National's current proposal for the wording?
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I can't really fault them for bringing self-interest into the calculus - political parties are, well, political. But that self-interest is exactly why questions around the voting system must be taken away from the politicians. That is why answering such questions belongs with the people.
It's a good point and it can be applied as a criticism of representative democracy in general, not just decisions about voting systems. I hope that one day we progress away from it and toward self-governance.
The reason I don't look forward to a referendum on this issue under National is because I don't trust them or those who fund them to do it in a democratic way. Instead of an informed debate, how much money I wonder will be pumped into propaganda to turn the ship back around to FPP?
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Inspiring talk by Larry Lessig:
How creativity is being strangled by the law
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/187 -
Does it really matter what any of us think? As usual in these situations nobody seems to take stock of what the people themselves actually want.
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Well, since it's meant to be a partnership, maybe 50% of the seats in parliament should be Maori seats. :)
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Will there be any way to get this via the internet, for us expats?
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Thanks Tze Ming.