You need a congealed working class before you can have a democracy. Right now, we have a fractured and alienated working class, so all we get are the motions.
Gigantic voting districts where elected officials are lucky to know one constituent in 10,000.
Systematic disenfranchisement of young voters, poc, and the internally displaced.
Strict limits placed on individual bureaucrats who must pander to the broadly empowered private business interests.
A fully captured court system that can tip the scales of an election.
No regional autonomy. No public civil defense. No guarantee of political education. No right to free association of labor.
How do you engage with a democracy on those terms? What democracy is there to engage with? An election that is simply another consumer choice isn’t democratic. You still have no control over what you’re being offered and no participation on how the system is administered.
You need a congealed working class before you can have a democracy. Right now, we have a fractured and alienated working class, so all we get are the motions.
How do you engage with a democracy on those terms? What democracy is there to engage with? An election that is simply another consumer choice isn’t democratic. You still have no control over what you’re being offered and no participation on how the system is administered.