[lbo-talk] Bolshevik-Bashing -- The Point

[Thomas Seay]

--- Dwayne Monroe <idoru345 at yahoo.com> wrote:
true.  For a while at least.
> 
> The pattern - power accruing to a small elite who
> use
> it mostly for their own advantage - is reliably seen
> around the globe and has been for time beyond living
> memory.  The endurance of the pattern suggests an
> important aspect of human character is on display
> or,
> at least, a persistent phenomena which cannot be
> dismissed.

   
Yes, indeed. That is why there must be structural
controls to keep people accountable.  Democratic
Centralism (DC)has proven to be a structure that  is
not conducive to democracy.  That said, no one should
have illusions that other models are fault
free...obviously undemocratic practices could take
shape in just about any model, BUT some models, such
as DC are definitely worse than others in this regard.

For example, just a couple of months ago Luca 
Casarini was pied during a visit to New York;  the
reason given for the "pieing" was  because of
undemocratic, authoritarian tendancies developing
among the Dissobedienti, of which he is a prominent
member.
Now, I dont know if the allegation was true or
not...but it would not surprize me...just declaring
yourself anti-authoritarian is not enough.

Thomas

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So let's do it like they do it on the Discovery Channel>>

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