>(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