[lbo-talk] Re: democratic centralism?

[frank scott]

"...People indeed make
mistakes, but once a course of action has been decided upon in a
democratic
fashion, you are duty-bound to help implement that decision, not
undermine
it, particularly if undermining that decision increases our chances of
defeat at the hands of the enemy. This is called democracy..."

well, we can all define democracy, or what a "democratic fashion" is, in
different ways, unfortunately... we certainly have to acknowledge the
obvious, that bush won the election, but we don't have to go along with
the program...do we?

from the gut, i wouldn't cross a picket line, but that would be without
thinking, and simply operating from the gut...not the best way to
exercise "democratic fashion"...

but if i knew that the pickets were representing, say ( now i have to
find a demon-image suitable for this group), um, saddam... or
milosevic...or the fundamentalist christian right...or anti-choice,
etc... would i still?

too much individualism is a curse, but too much submission to authority,
without checking it out, is just as bad...

a real dilemma, not easily reduced to a slogan, or an email post...

fs