The Madisonian view of Republicanism was that the constitutional and representative structure of the Washington System ensured that the rights of the minority were protected from tyranny by the constitution, while the will of the majority would be accepted through the representative nature of the system.
Australian Republicanism is far more dynamic, finding it expression in the maximum republican, democratic and social organisation possible at any moment in time.
Madison did not fear faction, he saw it as a natural outgrowth of liberty, but he did fear the violence of faction. Madison believed that a republican model of representation was better
at controlling the violence of faction than pure democracy
.
This is the
rule of many by the many
, as opposed to the
rule of all by all
.
The Australian Republicans have not limited themselves in this manner. The history of Australian Republicanism has been one of both republican and democratic advance.
To Australian Republicans, republicanism is a starting point that finds it full expression in the democratic nature of political institutions.
Quite simply, Australian republicans are democrats too. It is arguable from Australian Republican history that republicanism's greatest achievement has been the advance of Australia democracy, enfranchisement and representation.
We see this philosophy in Charles Harpur's writings. To Harpur, republicanism was an expression of the highest form of obtainable social organisation at any one instance of time.
Republicanism is not static in Harpur's world. Nor can it reach any
end of history
. Republicanism is a perpetual process of constant improvement that represents the highest achievement of liberty, representation and prosperity.
Rather than Madison's republic that was rooted in the social, technological and educational limitations of the 18thC, Harpur's republic carries no absolute limit on who rules who. If society and technology can support it,
all by all
variants of democracy such as crowd wisdom are valid.
The Republic becomes not only an expression of current achievement, but future dreams. The Republic is defined by the optimism, hopes and prosperity of all who simultaneously drive and nurture it while concurrently being driven and nurtured by the Republic.
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Phoenix Eats Out is the restaurant review site for
Phoenix,
Scottsdale and
Old Town Scottsdale which lists the modernist and contemporary restaurants, taverns and bars in the greater Phoenix area.
This is the list of the most popular restaurants pages from phoenixeatsout.com that have been viewed the most;
My personal favourite restaurants in Phoenix are
AZ88,
Postinos,
Bomberos with
Grazie,
Humble Pie,
Orange Table,
The Vig,
Fez and others coming close behind. View the complete list with the photo-journalistic style images on
phoenixeatsout.com
Arizona is an outdoor state and has lots of hiking in the city and around the state. Phoenix is unusual for most cities in having several large mountains in the center of the city with great hiking. Anyone who comes to Phoenix has to do the
Echo Canyon trail on Camelback and the
Summit Hike on Squaw Peak or Piesta Peak. The views of the city, suburbs and surrounding mountains are wonderful from Camelback and Piesta Peak.
For more experienced hikers there is the McDowell Mountains in North Scottsdale that has several difficult and strenuous hikes in
Tom's Thumb and
Bell Pass. Alternatively, you can hike the highest mountain in Arizona. At 12,600 feet
Humphrey's Peak is a long and difficult hike.
Between 2004 and 2009 this site,
southsearepublic.org, was a constitutional blog based on scoop which focused on Australian and global constitutional issues.
One of the strongest aspects of it was the development of constitutions by those involved in the blog. These constitutions are the outcome:
The constitutions were built using principles from Montesquieu's separation of powers, the enlightnment's universal political rights and the ancient Athenian technology of sortition and choice by lot.
South Sea Republic started in 2004 as an Australian constitutional blog in 2004 based on scoop software. It was an immigrative outgrowth of Kuro5hin. The archives for each year since then;
The articles are ordered by views.
I am an Australian living in the United States as a permanent resident.
I am a software developer by trade and mostly work in Java and jump between middleware and front end.
I originally worked in the New York area of the United States in telecommunications before moving to Washington DC and
working in a mix of telecommunications, energy and ITS. I started my own software company before heading out to
Arizona and working with Shutterfly. Since then I have joined a startup in the Phoenix area and am thoroughly enjoying myself.
I do a lot of photography which I post on this website, but also on flickr. I have a photo-journalistic website which lists
the modernist and contemporary restaurants in phoenix. I have a site on the
Australian Flying Corps [AFC] which has been around since the 1990s and which I unfortunately
lost the .org URL to during a life event; however, it is under the
www.australianflyingcorps.com URL now.
The AFC website has gone through several iterations since the 90s and the two most recent are
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2004-2002) and
Australian Flying Corps Archives(2002-1999) which are good places to start.
