Representative Government

[UltraBudgie]

Don't tell me I don't care!   I am simply daunted by the topic (as you will likely see in my response below)

PS - My anti-spyware went bonkers trying to reach the Harvard site.  So please forgive me if I missed out on anything beyond the quote...

This is due a more thorough response, but a quick note to say that yes, I can tell you care.

And thank you for that -- I was being bitter, and it's good to be called on that I suppose. At least, life seem to whack me whenever I do it, so I'll at least pretend to like the effect, haha.

Interesting about the spyware -- I wonder if that's because Harvard Political Review is written by undergraduates, who perhaps haven't learned to quite colour inside the lines of policy discussion yet? Hmm. It also explains the plantation-owner reference; that seems to be an almost automatic reflex to include something like that, prof pleasing and alignment signalling. Not that it's an invalid point, but as you can see it tends to 'channel' discussion.

Anyway, the "blind luck" point is a good one, and deserves some thought, so enough from me for now.