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throwaway wrote

Thanks for the post, very well written.

Take care not to misuse the word democracy though. Consensus decision-making is democracy too. What you're writing about is representative democracy.

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ziq wrote (edited )

I'd argue all democracy can be subverted by those that crave power. Direct democracy still depends on the wielders of it being impervious to propaganda, fearmongering, selfishness, etc.

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throwaway wrote

Sure it will, but compromises has to be made when making decisions in a community. If no form of democracy is good enough (that includes flat consensus decision-making), then the only alternatives left would be not joining a community/society to begin with, or fascism. Those two aren't viable.

Unless there is a better way that I haven't thought about - if so, I'm all ears.

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throwaway wrote

Fuck, you're right... It's a complex issue. I saw a book in my local anarchist book café a few weeks ago on this topic, I think I'll buy it and see what i can learn from that.

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