Comments on: All Government decisions should be subject to veto by individuals or small groups

By: Pie and Coffee » A Green Senate? A Sustainability Commissioner?

Pie and Coffee » A Green Senate? A Sustainability Commissioner? — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:23:44 +0000

[...] sent it to my friend Dr Rupert Read. After discussion with him – who turned out to be in support of a Green Senate or a Sustainability Commissioner – I added a moderating amendment (see below). Rupert and I are going to hear the Hungarian [...]

By: FlatEric

FlatEric — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:24:24 +0000

“But seriously: if future people DID have a vote, do you really think that they would vote Tory?
Wouldn’t they be more likely to vote for the precautionary principle?”

Well, not if in doing so today’s precautionary policies make them poorer. Obviously, you and many others don’t believe that they would, and that the losses from continued free-market policies exceed any gains.

That’s fine – but not everyone agrees with you, and that’s why we have democracy.

Simply to decide that your views are so obviously right they should prevail even if they go against the views of the majority is dictatorship and the abolition of democracy, however well-intentioned the motivations.

By: Kay Tie

Kay Tie — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:23:31 +0000

“All Government decisions should be subject to veto by individuals or small groups ”

We have that. It’s called Parliament.

By: RupertRead

RupertRead — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:14:46 +0000

But seriously: if future people DID have a vote, do you really think that they would vote Tory?
Wouldn’t they be more likely to vote for the precautionary principle?

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:58:59 +0000

“Every major decision made at any level of government should be subject to potential veto by an individual or small group charged exclusively with having regard to the interests of the future inhabitants of this, our one and only planetary home.”

Allow me to interpret that for you. “Please give the Green Party a veto over everything” says Green Party Councillor.

By: Progressive manifesto ideas – have your say | Left Foot Forward

Progressive manifesto ideas – have your say | Left Foot Forward — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:41:26 +0000

[...] Rupert Read says that, like in Hungary, “every major decision made at any level of government should be subject to potential veto by an individual or small group charged exclusively with having regard to the interests of the future inhabitants of this, our one and only planetary home.” [...]

By: Mellie Agon

Mellie Agon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:19:43 +0000

Democracy does not mean that every individual person gets their way. It means that the will of the majority is decisive.

A better formulation would be: every government decision should have the support of a majority of the working class.

By: Rupert Read

Rupert Read — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:52:59 +0000

See e.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jun/04/economicgrowth.banking

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:28:08 +0000

Tell me more about the concept/actuality of negative enforcement, would you Rupert? Any useful links?

By: RupertRead

RupertRead — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:00:07 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/yfnx953 Some ideas from me about what should be in the manifesto of any Party looking fully to the future…