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It's not only about MSM power, but also about the lack of intermediate social organisations.

How can society be improved if people behave more and more as members of a libertarian utopia, not participating in any social body that would allow some democratic feedback from top to bottom and from bottom to top ?

Getting better MSM is only a temporary solution.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 10:46:14 AM EST
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Cause and effect. If you tell people they're living in a libertarian utopia, that's how they'll behave.

Getting a better MSM isn't a temporary solution, it's the first step to a more permanent one.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 11:21:15 AM EST
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I'm not sure cookie-cutter MSM are all that compatible with strong intermediate bodies. Those will almost always represent a minority of the population and thus tend to be criticised in the MSM ; the homogenisation of opinion inherent with MSM also undermines their diversity, that is probably necessary for such intermediate bodies.

That's partly why the Internet could be good news on that front, too.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Sun Jun 15th, 2008 at 11:49:04 AM EST
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