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I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism
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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4647991" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>I'm sorry, when people post these hour long + videos and podcast things, I just don't have time for that. </p><p></p><p>Let's get down to brass tacks. Democracy has its place, I'm sure. You seem to be in favor of democratically run businesses, which is fine. I say if that works, great. But there are very few co-ops, apparently, and I don't know if you have found one that employs your ideal of democracy. And even if all businesses followed a co-op, democratic model, the overarching economic model would still be capitalistic. </p><p></p><p>But if we are talking about a direct democracy in all aspects of our lives, it would never work, regardless of anyone's claims of morality. Too many decisions to be made, too many opposing interests at play. People tend not to vote even when it's once or twice a year. Participation would be way down if we were voting on stuff constantly.</p><p></p><p>The reason why republics, such as ours, allow for the highest degree of morality, is that our representatives are constrained by a constitution that protects the rights of the minority against the will of the majority. Strictly speaking, a democracy has no such protections.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4647991, member: 63706"] I'm sorry, when people post these hour long + videos and podcast things, I just don't have time for that. Let's get down to brass tacks. Democracy has its place, I'm sure. You seem to be in favor of democratically run businesses, which is fine. I say if that works, great. But there are very few co-ops, apparently, and I don't know if you have found one that employs your ideal of democracy. And even if all businesses followed a co-op, democratic model, the overarching economic model would still be capitalistic. But if we are talking about a direct democracy in all aspects of our lives, it would never work, regardless of anyone's claims of morality. Too many decisions to be made, too many opposing interests at play. People tend not to vote even when it's once or twice a year. Participation would be way down if we were voting on stuff constantly. The reason why republics, such as ours, allow for the highest degree of morality, is that our representatives are constrained by a constitution that protects the rights of the minority against the will of the majority. Strictly speaking, a democracy has no such protections. [/QUOTE]
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