[extropy-chat] Re: A view of what politics is

[Jack Parkinson]

>
> On 10/14/05, Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > Jeff Allbright wrote:
> >
> >    I suggested that we think of politics as "social decision-making
> > > applied to groups, expecially with respect to methods of influence
within
> > > those processes."
> > > I'm getting stuck with phrase "social decision-making".
> > > I'm wondering if it is an oxymoron.

I posted this before - I still think the best definition of politics is: The
relationships between groups! At any level - from office factions to
negotiations between superpowers. Politics is only incidentally social
decision making. it is wholly about interacting communities.

Jack Parkinson