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In all honesty, democracy--as an ideal--is inherently flawed; when you give absolutely everyone a voice, you end up with tyranny of the majority.

And let's be real: America never had a democracy to begin with.

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@ayachan @KyokiKafuka democracy is impossible, or at the very least too mich effort. less government would solve a lot of these "everyone has a voice" problems. voices matter on a smaller scale. smaller voices are also less likely to be echoes, imo.

in all honesty, i have no idea what mary stone is even saying apart from that she hates Republicans. i'm not asking for a solution, but what exactly is the problem?

@cardboard @KyokiKafuka As a communist, I'm generally opposed to people who call out for "less government;" I feel that people are most effective when they work together as organised groups. I think I would not want to see things decentralised beyond the point of Syndicalism, honestly; groups of unionised people would be effective, especially if they worked with a centralised body.

The problem with Republicans and right-wing ideology is its promotion of bigoted and fascist authoritarian values.

@ayachan
As someone whose ideal is as stateless and decentralized as possible

I like the idea of guild socialism in a way, I've only read one guy whose written on it in the 1920s but I find the idea in the modern rlly facinating as the most interesting take on syndicalism

I feel like with democracy people have focused on freedom (which can be granted and revoked arbitrarily) too much rather than autonomy
@cardboard @KyokiKafuka

@CursedConfetti @cardboard @KyokiKafuka Democracy is a flawed concept (I speak often of "tyrrany of the majority"), but by no means does autonomy solve that challenge, in my opinion.

As a communist, I believe that devolving power entirely to individuals will create chaos, instability and deepening tribalism between people and groups. I favour stability through working for a common goal.

In my mind, people have focused too much on personal happiness instead of the stability of all.

@ayachan
Perhaps not to the last individual, but if the goal is indeed to rid the world of every last thing that resembles a king. Each locality needs to be able to stand on its own rather than a system of fealty to a central point

Tribalism is a concern, among thousands. However if the main goal of taking out the state and à secure commons for people's needs was set up I feel like that would only be a side note given people are capable of self defense

@CursedConfetti Consider the reality of privilege and power, which will become far more of a challenge the more you devolve powers to individuals and/or individual groups. Tribalism isn't just a concern amongst thousands; rather it is a primary concern that acts as an umbrella over most others.

To believe in the individual as the primary mode of authority is to belive in the ideal that all humans are going to do the right thing if given power. I find this unrealistic, at best.

@ayachan
Communities, I'm not an individualist who thinks Human critters are like bull sharks out in the ocean all by their lonesome

But infrastructures can be made to decentralize things enough to give each individual full automous power, politically

Because that is what minimal hierarchy would look like.