Quaker Governance

[poliphilo]

 Quakers practice an extreme form of democracy (though oddly enough they don't call it that) in which everybody's voice is heard, there are no winners and losers- and nothing gets done without the whole Meeting being in accord.

It is time-consuming, devilishly hard-  requiring levels of patience, forebearance and detachment that stretch human nature to breaking point- and quite often doesn't work.

Then drama happens.

And don't we just revel in drama!

All the same, I can't think of a better way of regulating human affairs. 

We are not, worthy, we are not worthy- and yet......

....Perhaps we can be.

Comments

[paserbyp]

Democracy that quite often doesn’t work? Then democracy should be replaced by what?

[poliphilo]

Churchill is supposed to have said, "Democracy is absolutely the worst form of governance- apart from all the rest...."