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o...the shaw reference meant what it said---socialism, which he understood as a system in which the citizenry would exercise more power by being more closely involved in the workings of government (in some variants they would organize themselves into councils that would be government), would take too much time. there's not more to it. it's one of those dismissive quips. i think he said it to or about one of the webbs.
transparency is a mechanism that reduces the hiddenness of government. you might choose to emphasize that at the top of the governmental food chain in the states is someone that you elect, but if you think about it most of government is bureaucrats and most power is exercised through administrative routines. more information=>more control in principle.
but more information is not the same as more transparency.
you don't seem to make that distinction, cyn.
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