-time to sell out- (506 hits)
Category: Politics -> DemocratsRating: 0.5 on 7 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Greg Webb <trunks_gw.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2005-12-24 00:23:53 EST
Having just finished M. DuPont's essay on democracy, I find it to be a fairly decent critique of actually-existing democratic structures and practices in our contemporary world, but seriously lacking any analysis of the concept of democracy as such. If it is true that democracy means little in a society dominated by capitalistic modes of production and property ownership, then what about a hypothetical, egalitarian and non-hierarchical revolutionary society - or what about democracy within the limited current context of affinity groups or revolutionary organizations? Would the concept of "direct" or "participatory" democracy work any better there?
Well I searched long and hard for an answer for these questions and I've decided to post this despite my bad ratings on my first riot. However, this isn't a riot, it's just pointing things out for you all to think about.
<1>http://democraciaparticipativa.net/documentos/AnarchistView.htm
<2>http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=05/10/27/1415254&mode=nested&tid=9
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Submitted by ledastwins (user info) at 2005-12-24 12:16:39 EST (#)
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Anarchy is overrated.
Submitted by pfs4life321 (user info) at 2005-12-24 11:52:35 EST (#)
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none actually it doesnt affect ur average
Submitted by a_reader (user info) at 2005-12-24 07:54:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by Cracked_out_cali (user info) at 2005-12-24 01:08:11 (#)
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so, how much did your average go up by giving all your posts +2?
just curious
Submitted by Cracked_out_cali (user info) at 2005-12-24 01:08:11 EST (#)
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so, how much did your average go up by giving all your posts +2?
just curious
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2005-12-24 00:49:12 EST (#)
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Discuss THAT, Mr. Webb!
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2005-12-24 00:48:37 EST (#)
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Oh yeah, and I believe in small-scale democracy. It can't work on such a large scale as the U.S. or Canada.
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2005-12-24 00:48:02 EST (#)
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Alright, fine then. I'm in a good mood tonight.