[lbo-talk] Graber on consensus

[Shane Mage]

The Polish Diet, operating on the consensus ("*liberum veto*")  
principle, is regarded by all historians as just about the most  
ineffective mode of government ever invented.

On Feb 25, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Gar Lipow wrote:


> I'm going to answer Barlett below. But I should point out that my
> Quaker example was not an example of the failure of consensus, but the
> high price sometimes paid for success.  I'm also curious. I seem to be
> the only one on this list who thinks elevating consensus to a general
> principle, whether it is Barlett's principle or some other, is a
> serious error...

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things." Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64