[lbo-talk] Re-intro

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at dodo.com.au
Mon Jul 17 18:53:53 PDT 2006


At 3:56 PM -0700 17/7/06, B. wrote:


>(I personally am not a fan of consensus, and consensus
>isn't required for direct economic democracy.)

I think you are seriously mistaken. Without a consensus in economic decision making, how can we expect the interests of minorities to be served? If a socialist economic system is not expected to serve the interests of the minority, rather than merely a bare majority, then what is the point?


> I'm
>skeptical of any claims that "the necessities of
>modern society" or anything else mandate we have this
>or that form of authoritarianism.

Is not majority rule a form of authoritarianism, if not why not?

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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