Socialism must be democracy

[Max Sawicky]

. . .
If Charles Brown wants to explore the democratic character of socialism,
Marx and Engels themselves are not quite handy.  One can probably be true to
the democratic spirit of the extraordinary powerful heritage of critical
Marxism by going beyond Marx himself in some respects.  I dare say, that is
probably the best way to show respect to Marx.
Manjur Karim


>>>>>>>

Bravo.  All the jazz about popular sovereignty
"the working class as the ruling class," "rule
of the majority," etc. are utterly meaningless,
since they beg all questions of rights and democratic
procedures.  If we had a vote every 20 years to
Lord High Supreme Muckety-Muck, that could be
described as rule by majority.

Some people feel obliged to apologize for any affront
to democratic norms by the PRC government that
anyone points to.  It would be more forthright
to simply admit that democracy has been sacrificed.
Then we could consider whether the outcome of such
a cost is worthy of it.

mbs