Yeah, it seems like the direct-democracy aspect is pretty essential to avoiding totalitarianism. More local control means popular will is laundered through less

Yeah, it seems like the direct-democracy aspect is pretty essential to avoiding totalitarianism. More local control means popular will is laundered through less levels of representation. Rojava is fairly stable for its situation, but I actually find it fairly encouraging that they have been able to punch above their weight in self defense, even if they aren't a match for neighboring nation-states.