On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 02:14:47PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I add that more Developers should be thinking about questions of > Constitutional interpretation more often, if they want to preserve the > democratic governance structures that we have, including ones that > haven't been weakened by failures to oversee Delegates.
Funny enough, given that we now have more delegates than ever - actually codifying what the responsibilities of the delegates are. In the past we instead ran off cabals with undefined responsibilities. There's never a dull moment I guess. > To some Developers, such practice may feel awkward, and the muscles of > parsing legalistic language may require unaccustomed exercise. But it's > worth doing. We actually have a person for this. Who can do it when it's actually necessary. > ...if we want to keep our democratic form of government. > > If we don't, we can expect to be governed by personal cliques, fear, and > intimidation. > > Citizenship, whatever the polity, is incompatible with passivity. Luckily Debian is not a country. There are other values that'd generally apply in that case. Kind regards Philipp Kern
