|
Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by roachboy
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.
|
I thought that I had made the distinction. You're stating more information brings more control in principle. I agree to a point. No matter how much information I have about my elected officials, doings and musings, I cannot push their hand or make them vote in any particular way. No matter how much information I have about illicit or illegal activities, I cannot do more than make a request for investigation. If the group of people that are elected address the issue, decide that it's not worth investigating, then what? My only recourse left is to vote someone out of office at my next go round. They too find no majority or ability to convince others to investigate. I vote them out next too?
When it comes to the transparency that dc_dux makes, I believe that the
seperation of powers is the checks and balances, and anything that is/has/going, to erode the ability for those checks and balances is about transparency for the ability to achieve that. But again, if no one wishes to act upon such things, as Congress/SCOTUS has failed to check and balance the past 8 years, no more transparency will assist it. Having the all the options in the world doesn't change the fact that there has been no action taken.
__________________
I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.
|