Comments on: Reforming The House of Lords On A Monday Afternoon http://blog.mindshareworld.com/2010/04/reforming-the-house-of-lords-on-a-monday-afternoon/ Musings on the changing world of digital media Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:20:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: lyndon morant http://blog.mindshareworld.com/2010/04/reforming-the-house-of-lords-on-a-monday-afternoon/comment-page-1/#comment-1107 lyndon morant Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:36:06 +0000 http://blog.mindshareworld.com/?p=1347#comment-1107 Wow, very nice post. An education indeed. While originally I thought there may be a flaw, I really don't think there is one. Most modern theories of politics suggest that a fair democracy will see individuals voicing a choice representative of their own personal desires i.e. how goods & services are distributed to them. It's when we make choices based on the distribution of goods & services to other people that we open the door to political discrimination & alienation of certain rights. For example, "Bankers should have a limit on bonus payments" is a preference I have based on my discrimination against bankers. If we did it to them, in the interests of equality we'd have to do it to everyone. If I'd said, "I want a bonus cap on my own salary", and the majority thought the same about their own wages, then that's a non-discriminatory democratic decision. You have to be careful how you encourage people to think about themselves. We need to take care of our interests first. So long as social networks are formed from personal preferences, they can genuinely be representative of true democracy which is quite a statement. In conclusion, you're actually right. Wow, very nice post. An education indeed. While originally I thought there may be a flaw, I really don’t think there is one. Most modern theories of politics suggest that a fair democracy will see individuals voicing a choice representative of their own personal desires i.e. how goods & services are distributed to them.

It’s when we make choices based on the distribution of goods & services to other people that we open the door to political discrimination & alienation of certain rights. For example,

“Bankers should have a limit on bonus payments” is a preference I have based on my discrimination against bankers. If we did it to them, in the interests of equality we’d have to do it to everyone. If I’d said, “I want a bonus cap on my own salary”, and the majority thought the same about their own wages, then that’s a non-discriminatory democratic decision.

You have to be careful how you encourage people to think about themselves. We need to take care of our interests first.

So long as social networks are formed from personal preferences, they can genuinely be representative of true democracy which is quite a statement.

In conclusion, you’re actually right.

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