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At least the public sector is nominally democratic. Obviously the Easter Bloc never was, but that doesn't mean that some flavour of socialism couldn't be. Meanw
by bccdee 5y ago
At least the public sector is nominally democratic. Obviously the Easter Bloc never was, but that doesn't mean that some flavour of socialism couldn't be. Meanwhile, capitalism rejects even the principle that democracy could be the primary decision-making tool of society.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoSuch a society is no different from a mob.
- bccdee 5y agoNo, that's very silly. A mob isn't a democracy; democracy is structured. If a democracy votes not to permit vandalism and then I vandalize something, I'm going to get sanctioned. A mob has no structure and no restrictions.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoDemocracy in and of itself is not inherently considerate of man's inalienable rights. If a group of people decide to strip you of your right to live merely on the basis of majority vote, that's democracy in action. Majority rule is prescriptivism by way of the ballot. A mob with extra steps, if you will. It's not bound by legal precedent or logic. It can so far as to invent fictions to justify its existence. Democracy must be tempered with the recognition of individual rights. That, regardless of what the majority hold or believe, the individual has the sole prerogative to go far as his own ability allows him and on his own terms.