CB asks:
> I can't recall what Lazare proposes to replace the constitutional
system
He proposes a parliamentary system. He is good in some respects, but creepy/sleazy/scary in others.
When he came up before, I checked out his ideas, and in one interview I found he said that he doesn't like pluralism (which truly scares him; he gets paranoid about it), likes majoritarianism and central control which he labels "democratic centralism."
It all sounds very nice, but I am wary of his weird belief that if his system was in place, people would somehow become better and red authroitarianism would be avoided. Lazare has his schtick and plays it for all he is worth.
And as Miss Mazeppa reminds us:
You can pull all the stops out Till they call the cops out Grind your behind till you're bend. But you gotta get a gimmick If you wanna get a hand. You can sacrifice your sacharo Working in the back row. Bump in a dump till you're dead. Kid you gotta have a gimmick If you wanna get ahead. You can uh...You can uh... You can uh...uh...uh... That's how Burlesque was born. So I uh...and I uh... And I uh...uh...uh... But I do it with a horn... Once I was a Schleppa, Now I'm Miss Mazzeppa, With my revolution in dance. You gotta have a gimmick If you wanna have a chance!
Here is the link:
http://www.wpunj.edu/newpol/issue30/lazare30.htm
Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister