> > > > > representative govt --------- NO [ditto] > >Carrol continues: > > >This form of democracy has never produced democracy -- and it never > > >will. > > > >It's replacement will have to be worked out in practice -- not from a > > >blueprint I or anyone else can provide at this time. > > > >Representative Government can only be a dictatorship of the Capitalist > > >Class. > > > As I said, almost everyone. jks > >so you're not going to respond to Carrol's critique? it has been one thread >of the Marxian tradition for a long time (though not part of the Stalinist >or social-democratic traditions and the like) to want to get rid of >representative government, to replace it with more profound democracy. What >is your response, Justin? >JD
I have already responded noless dogmatically. I see no reason why representative govt is incompatible with public ownership of productive assets, workers' control of production, or even central planning. I can't even see the argument that it is not. Why the associated producers cannot elect representatives to administer the public property is hard grasp. Please explain, those who think this is a serious point. Btw, theargument for represenattive ratherthan direct democarcy is that with a large state that has a lot to administer, and a big population, and a lot of rather technical rules and regulations to made and enforced, it is utterly impracticable to carry this out in a ny other way than a representative one. If the worry is that the representatives will become a special class arrogating privileges to themselves in an unjustified manner, that is a problem. The solution is of course elections--democracy's natural term limits. jks _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
