I was on the fence before. I generally wanted a more proportional representative system; something like the single transferable vote, perhaps. I only occasionally flirted with the idea of direct democracy and elected delegates who can propose (not enact) laws.
But the utter farce of this election has really driven home to me the obvious brokenness of representative democracy. Even better electoral systems are only ways of lessening an inherent and inescapable problem: that the will of the people is distorted when power is placed in the hands of leaders, rather than retained by the general population. The distortion only compounds when personalities and other complications inherent to representation are introduced.
Direct democracy and the right of communities to secede from the state is the only reasonable form of government.
Has the election changed your views on anything? If not, have any other major events caused you to rethink your position in an abrupt manner?
The election has convinced me that anarchism is right
No, the election hasn't changed a thing for me.
Democracy is inherently flawed. Only possible peaceful human existence is a union of egoists. I'm not even memeing
Direct democracy, with the right to join or secede from any association, isn't inherently flawed. But mandatory "associations" and representative democracy are.
I'm on the same page. I'm anarchist too.
Or egoist.
If more people believed this ideology I would perhaps die in peace
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Not everyone wants to go to a meeting everyday to vote on which piping material to use. There are a lot of semantics in modern society.
Hey guys, I was thinking of getting more tattoos.
Should I get a classic stirner portrait on my arm or should I get an anarchist A on my shoulder
Stirner because he is less well known & he deserves to be more well known. People will ask who is him. But get the good stirner not the shitty drawing of him.
besides, doesn't have to be the whole community. Depending on how your society is structured, perhaps the pipe workers decide what pipe material to use, and if another union of workers doesn't like it, say the construction workers, they can call a general meeting
thanks, user. Also getting the anarchist A would probably make me look like a weirdo in a lot of places
not that I am not, but..
1. Each real community elects a delegate to the assembly.
2. The delegate is (or becomes) a policy expert.
3. The delegate recommends bills to the assembly..
4. If a small qualifying percentage (perhaps 20%) of the assembly approves, the bill is put to the people in a referendum.
5. Referendums are held perhaps 4 times per year, to keep things manageable. Bills are concise and comprehensive, maximizing legislative efficiency.
6. The people can also initiate their own referendums directly, bypassing the assembly, if they get enough petition signatures.
Congratulations, you now have a functioning, large-scale direct democracy.
you are ==WRONG==
We have Internet access now, so there are plenty of possibilities to try.
Learn to redtext, ye scurvy scalawag.
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we can do it on our smartphones tho
Direct democracy is awful on a large scale. People are stupid and easily swayed by bullshit.
I don't believe that. Most of the time, most people know what's good for them. Literacy and education helps, too, and we do better on that front every year.
Representative democracy (as it's usually implemented) fucks things up by giving power to a select group, and by forcing people to vote against the most likely opposition instead of voting for their most preferred option.
Also, people who hold your view usually think they're the smart ones and that everyone else is dumber than them, which is nothing but bullshit and narcissism.
is not that the bourgy wants stupid people, which is why they manipulate schoolars and play non-stop propaganda
you are aware ranked choice voting exists, right?
We should carry on what was started in the mid to late 1800s guis. The anarchist movement was so alive back then. Check out the documentary No gods no masters it shows how far it had developed.
That's why I said "as usually implemented." I think ranked systems are better, but like I said in the OP, this election has convinced me that there's an incurable root problem in the very idea of having leaders.
I don't believe in democracy and haven't in a very long time. I'm certainly not an anarchist.
If anything this election has made me like democracy a bit more because it showed that political shaming, identity politics and matters non relevant to candidate policies can't sway the voters forever, and that eventually they rebel against the imposed rules that are deemed unjust.
How can you be a socialist without supporting democracy?
fucking retarded """"anarcho""""-nihilist (read: Holla Forums shitposters) need to kill themselves. Opposing democracy is not anarchist at all. A union of egoists is direct democracy.
don't compare us to pol you cocksucker
You do not even know what a union of egoists is
in short, kill yourself
This.