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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Bloodhound Gang, "The Bad Touch"
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