Comments on: Seminars on the Emergence of a Commons-based Economy https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/seminars-on-the-emergence-of-a-commons-based-economy/2012/05/07 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:11:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Tom Crowl https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/seminars-on-the-emergence-of-a-commons-based-economy/2012/05/07/comment-page-1#comment-491603 Mon, 07 May 2012 12:52:40 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=23678#comment-491603 I’m convinced the user-owned transaction network will eventually play a vital role in emergence of such a commons-oriented economy… and that the speech-related microtransaction will moreover eventually be recognized as a necessary tool within free societies.

To build sustainable democracy requires the cultivation of citizen ‘crowds’ rather than citizen ‘mobs’…

Almost all democracies end up with factions relying on ‘mob’ solicitation. I believe this tendency is reduced by INCREASING both the frequency and impact of citizen participation in governance.

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