>  >> Radio Clu to an early general assembly....
 >
 >  JD> Can be done.
 >
 > Of course it can be done. The objective of a quorum is not to make things
 > impossible. Just to prevent a small minority fron sneaking things through.

Will not do so though.  A quorum can still be a small minority.  It
all depends on what percentage is set as a quorum.

 >
 >  JD> However the point I am trying to make is that if you really want, you
 >  JD> can assemble enough people of like mind to form a quorum,
 >
 > But you can not do it in secrecy. You have to make "noise"
and that prevents
 > situation where a minority gets his way while the mayority wasn't even aware
 > something was going on.

Perhaps not so easily in a club or physical meeting, but in the case
of an online election, it can indeed be done in secrecy.  Netmail,
email, to only those you want to be there.

 >  JD> and still get your way.
 >
 > Of course. The point being that you have to assemble enough people. And than
 > you get the majority of those you assemble to agree with you, yes then you g
 > yor way. That is democracy.

It can be thus, and it can be manipulation as well.

 >  >> Your premise is wrong and therefore so is your conclusion.
 >
 >  JD> Apperently not.
 >
 > You fail to understand. The safeguards are not against someone getting his w
 > The safeguerds are against a small group of dissidents getting there way by
 > manipulation in secrecy.

See above.  It can be abused.

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