Re: consensus

not so--for one Indian tribes in what is now the United States were using 
consensus long after that point
In a message dated 2/1/05 11:46:41 PM, [email protected] writes:


> Consensus? An interesting tid-bit of knowledge is that the last country
> on Earth (That I know of) that was operated under a form of consensus
> since mediaeval times was the tiny Coprincipality of Andorra, high in the
> mountains between France and Spain. A few years back they dropped
> the whole thing and switched over to a constitutional government. I
> think this was done because of becoming part of United Europe, not
> because the consensual government didn’t work. I visited this quaint
> little country (under 500 square kilometers and pop. around 70,000) and
> was impressed by how nice a place it is.
> 
> Roy Lent
> 
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