Posts from ‘July, 2003’

Perpetual Political Autopoiesis

I recently read a paper by John H. Little of Troy State University called ‘Autopoietic Social Systems And Self-Referential Government: How Unlikely Is Democracy?’.
It’s too bad the paper was so laden with complicated jargon, because from what I could follow it was quite an interesting topic: How Unlikely is Democracy? Is democracy possible? The debate [...]

A Systemic Policeman’s Poem

I hate the man who appreciates the hatred
Can’t stand the one who tolerates them all
Least of all can I abide the ones
who set them up just to watch them fall
I love the woman who deals with my anger
I envy those she talks to in the hall
I ponder on those who think they own her
wonder why [...]