Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Plebocracy and Global Village

What might be called a 'Plebocracy' consists in the determination of every action in a Polity by a referendum. By contrast, what is usually understood by 'Democracy', is revealed as a mediated Plebocracy, consisting in regularly occasional referenda that choose representatives, who then determine actions. Now, hitherto, the primary value of such mediation has been efficiency.  But, with the emergence of the World Wide Web, a referendum in every case is becoming feasible, i. e. a universal vote and its tallying can transpire as quickly as possible.  In other words, McLuhan's Global Village, when fully actualized, is a Plebocracy.

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