Abstract:Politics is far more complicated than physics," (Albert Einstein's response when asked why man was able to dominate the atom but not control it.) T HAT WHICH is called the "crisis of the Congress" would be more aptly called the crossroads of representative democracy. In these so-called "post modern" times, of a delirious "end of history" and a fascination in good and bad faith for "direct democracy," based maliciously on elitist forums that dispense with social representation sustained by the universal vote, w… Show more
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