<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 30, 2019, 11:38 PM <<a href="mailto:bzs@theworld.com">bzs@theworld.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Before it was removed in November 2016 the "Criticisms" section of<br>
Wikipedia's "Multistakeholder Governance Model" read:<br>
<br>
Criticism of multistakeholderism comes from Paul R. Lehto,<br>
J.D.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}}, who fears that in<br>
multistakeholderism, those who would be lobbyists become<br>
legislators, and nobody else has a vote. Lehto states that "In a<br>
democracy, it is a scandal when lobbyists have so much influence<br>
that they write the drafts of laws. But in multistakeholder<br>
situations they take that scandal to a whole new level: those who<br>
would be lobbyists in a democracy (corporations, experts, civil<br>
society) become the legislators themselves, and dispense with all<br>
public elections and not only write the laws but pass them, enforce<br>
them, and in some cases even set up courts of arbitration that are<br>
usually conditioned on waiving the right to go to the court system<br>
set up by democracies. A vote is just a minimum requirement of<br>
justice. Without a vote, law is just force inflicted by the wealthy<br>
and powerful. Multistakeholderism is a coup d’etat against democracy<br>
by those who would merely be lobbyists in a democratic system.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multistakeholder_governance_model&diff=768793583&oldid=750897618" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multistakeholder_governance_model&diff=768793583&oldid=750897618</a><br>
<br>
Sound familiar?<br>
<br>
It doesn't even touch upon how those lobbyist/legislators are chosen<br>
except by implication.<br>
<br>
Sometimes summarized as:<br>
<br>
Multistakeholderism: A governance structure of, by, and for the<br>
lobbyists.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It would be harsh to criticize the multi-stakeholder model in such strong terms. In this phase of evolution there are imbalances, yes. But could be effectively addressed as we progress.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sivasubramanian M</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
-- <br>
-Barry Shein<br>
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