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Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 7 Jan 2000 01:32:27 GMT
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 22:05:51 GMT, "James Simpson" <jsimpson@rice.edu>
wrote:
> Better communications technolgy exists, but that does not mean that everyone has
> sufficient access to it. I am writing this from work. I do not own a computer.
> Why? Because I cannot afford one right now, without assuming more debt.
> Millions of people do not have adequate computer access, for one reason or
> another. And there are plenty of people out there who can't afford them and
> don't have the credit power to do it anyway. Unless you're ready to have the
Hmm? You don't need computers in the home for popular votes across
large areas, you need computers (and other communications technology)
to transport the numbers of votes from each constituency to the
central administration.
Nowadays, there's no practical problem anymore requiring non-PR voting
systems.
Jasper
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 | | Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Rueger writes: Now that we have better (...) Better communications technolgy exists, but that does not mean that everyone has sufficient access to it. I am writing this from work. I do not own a computer. Why? Because (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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