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Ronnie Reprise: On Democracy & Technology

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Horse and Buggy Representation in the Space Age

The representation aspect of our democracy is structured the way it is, primarily due to practical considerations: the unwieldiness of pure democracy.

But since computer technology is changing that, the same philosophical arguments that were made for representative democracy can now legitimately be used for emergent democracy. The only arguments against it before pertained to practicality, not principle.

Now that the practical barriers are being removed, no legitimate philosophical argument can be made against taking advantage of new technology to better fulfill the intent of the principles that The Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution were founded upon.

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Mini-Me: ALL Candidates Fail Economics 101

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Are they stupid? Probably not. So this is a simple matter of lacking the integrity to do the homework, tell the truth, and be realistic. In other words, US politics as usual, all illusion and ideology, neither intelligence nor integrity.

Campaign promises they dismiss as either impossible or economically disastrous:
    • bringing back $2 a gallon gas.
    • sustained 5% GDP growth
    • balance the budget with lower tax revenues
    • returning to the gold standard
    • a trade war with China
    • a flat tax
    • Obama's green jobs initiative (unlikely to create jobs)

2012 candidates slip on Econ 101

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Every 2012 contender attended college. They all graduated. They went to schools like the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Texas A&M, Morehouse, Penn State and Emory.

But decades have passed since these Presidential candidates first stepped onto campus as freshmen. Is it time for an Econ 101 refresher course?

America's Econ 101 professors say yes. In their view, the candidates continue to offer ideas and policies that wouldn't pass muster in their classes — populated by 18 year-old college students.

“There are so many economic ‘misstatements' being made,” said Jonathan Lanning, a professor at Bryn Mawr who is teaching two introductory economics classes this semester. “And it isn't confined to any one candidate.”

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John Steiner: Occupy Meets the US Constitution

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A real-life story illuminates the Occupy process (when it works), and the importance of educating everyone on the Constitution and how it is being violated today.

October 29, 2011

SCHULZ GOES TO WALL STREET

Gives The Constitution A Voice

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