<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>How does the "direct libertarian democracy" proposed by Bookchin differ from the one proposed by Duhring 125 years ago and shown by Engels and Marx to be utopian fantasy. The Athenian direct democracy, perhaps the most extensive in history, was economically based on chattel slavery. </DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>mike larkin wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>>><BOOKCHIN DIV < too jurisdiction any that believes also>>>large to
<DIV></DIV>>>allow face-to-face contact is verboten. That sounds
<DIV></DIV>>>like an
<DIV></DIV>>>impossible constraint to me unless you want a
<DIV></DIV>>>hunter-gatherer economy
<DIV></DIV>>>to go with it.>..........
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<DIV></DIV>>>Well, he does live in Vermont.
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<DIV></DIV>>Yeah, but even Vermont has a governor and a legislature.
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<DIV></DIV>>Doug
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