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ziq wrote

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The democratic project has been distorted so as to secure power since its inception, but, I really don't think that people should be opposed to democracy in general.

If something has only ever resulted in oppression every time its been done, why would you keep doing it?

The "withering away of the state" is not necessarily a Marxist-Leninist concept. It was developed by Engels.

Fuck Engels too; that white supremacist piece of shit.

I don't think that a participatory democratic project does or should involve the State.

States can have a lot of faces. Direct majority voter rule is still a state; just in a new form.

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ziq wrote

I actually think that the concept can be radically interpreted in the favor of Anarchist praxis.

A "temporary' state..?

How should communities decide upon matters in the absence of democracy?

w/democracy

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ziq wrote (edited )

It does address it or I wouldn't have linked you to it. Now you're just asking me to repeat myself. Here:

"Instead of a large group laboring to make democracy work so they can agree on a course of action, it would be far more productive for smaller groups made up of people with shared interests to splinter off and co-operate to follow their own plans that require no compromise because their interests are already aligned."

I don't know how to make my perspective clearer than that.

you could always just call me a "tankie"

When did I call you a tankie? I just pointed out your argument was no different than the 'withering away of the state' promise.

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ziq wrote

How are the smaller groups to come to decisions

By talking to each other.

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