by Gaius Florius Lupus » Tue May 14, 2019 3:56 am
Ave Consul!
You should never take a back seat. Our Republic lives and dies with you. You are the expert of everything in regard to administration. just as Horatia Adamas is our expert on Latin, and Severus our expert in Sarmatian issues. And you have the ability to inspire and motivate the Republic.
This is what I meant. There are capable citizens with skills that makes them necessary in certain positions (e.g. tu, Brute) They have to work out the technical details. They cannot be elected, because nobody else has these skills. What needs to be democratic is the decision, which general direction the Republic should take. This is why the Comitia Curiata is undemocratic and should be dissolved. The citizens should make the decisions that are currently made in the CC and in the Senate. The debate should always be public and not secretly among the members of these committees or in private messages. Here we need more democracy.
We do not need democracy, when it comes to persons who have certain functions: webmaster, CFO, experts in Latin, admins, moderators. These are people who should not be elected, but appointed according to their skills. These are real-life necessities that cannot be done by just any candidate who happens to win an election.
However these people cannot know what the people want. This is why we need the Comitia. Currently and in the past decisions were simply pushed through by some inner circle, no matter what the people wanted. It was not properly discussed, whether or not we need a corporation. It was simply decided and done.
Currently the decision to have 5 consular tribunes and to reorganize the collegia is pushed through without a public debate, whether or not this makes sense. These are the decisions, where we need more democracy. But we do not need a vote about the names of the collegia or who will program the website. These are technical issues that are best resolved by experts on the matter.
If we want to inspire activity, we have to listen to the citizen first, afterwards it can be executed by some skilled specialists. At the moment things are the other way around. A decision is made without asking the citizens, if this is what they want. Then elections are held to choose some volunteers that are neither prepared for the task nor committed. This is why things fail and people lose interest.
Optime vale!
Florius Lupus