Richard 'rkm' Moore started a blog
called "Harmonization":
"There are two major reasons why a charismatic leader is not a good approach. The first is vulnerability to assassination. The second is that if we want real democracy, we must learn to take responsibility for our own movement, rather than counting on some white knight to ride to our rescue."
"Based on these kind of considerations, I've come to the conclusion that a successful movement for radical change needs to be based on the same principles that I propose for a democratic society: localism and harmonization."
"Harmonization is about resolving conflicts through respectful dialog.
It is about taking into account everyone's concerns, and coming up with
plans and solutions that deal fairly with all those concerns."
"Localism is about the seat of sovereignty, and the extent of sovereignty, in a democratic society." ... "the local community needs to be the basic sovereign unit in a democratic society."
It's what we here in Switzerland call the two fundamental principals of
"Concordance" and "Subsidiarity"
with power being delegated from the
bottom up towards higher levels where it is (and only where it is)
necessary.
Unfortunately these principals are not being
understood as well anymore and too many mistakes are made where power is
delegated to higher levels too quickly and too unconditionally. Mostly
because the Swiss people are too content with there situation and too
lazy to do the work themselves at the lower level (or too afraid of the
responsibility?).
18.06.2005, 03:58