[lbo-talk] The Horrible Swiss

[Alan Rudy]

I think that's what we're supposed to ask... as if anyone here thought that
the hegemony of capital had been weakened to the point that direct democracy
would immediately generate just and sustainable patterns of
self-governance...
A

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Mark Bennett <bennett.mab at gmail.com> wrote:


> What's the choice?  Vanguardism?
>
> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Angelus Novus <
> fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com
> > wrote:
>
> > And further proof, if any is needed, that naive calls for more "direct
> > democracy" cannot be a demand of any real left.  Calls for "direct
> > democracy"
> > under capitalist conditions means just one thing: mob rule.
> >
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11857438?print=true
>