GreersElbow
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Capitalism is the problem that democracy is failing to fix.
I would like to see democracy being improved in a way that it genuinely represents the people - for example there was one form of democracy in ancient Greece where politicians weren't elected, but chosen randomly from the public and changed every year. Although this is extreme and wouldn't work in the modern world - it's a good example of how democracy could be changed to better represent the public.
Alternatively, there are the anarchist schools of thought where there is no centralised government at all. Don't confuse this with the idea that there are no laws or administrative bodies to maintain order - but for example, perhaps people who are required to do certain jobs that our democratic governments currently do, are employed to do so by the people according to their abilities.
Bottom line is that a dictatorship isn't the only alternative to our current form of representative democracy (which is pretty much a dictatorship anyway)
Would you not argue that direct democracy (which is in some way, similar to what the ancient Greeks did) would beneficial, even in today's society. I completely advocate that type democracy, in which it is entirely localised. I enjoy reading anarchist literature and thought, so I understand your comments regarding anarchist theory on decentralised democracy through community groups et al. In anarchism, community groups form their own constitutions that these people all have a say and stake in which forms consensus and convention. Even that could work in a capitalist system, Murray Rothbard was a very anarchist orientated capitalist. I know you're anti-capitalist, but I do recommend given some of his work a read, it's very interesting. Although his ideas of law and justice are questionable.