Democratic Marxism's Platform
We agree with Pargat about the problem of modern representative democracy. Every 4 years, we create an authoritarian government over ourselves. It then takes on a life of its own, and follows their own (Directed by the Oligarchs) agenda, not that of the elector. And the elector, to object, has to publicly demonstrate, hope for support from mainstream media, owned by Oligarchs, and otherwise is powerless. Going to your MP is of no use anymore, because of government centralization around the Prime Minister. The only ones exercising power are the PM and the Cabinet........ordinary MP's in their petitions get nowhere unless there is central support.
But we go at this problem differently. We would turn the world into a modern "collection of Villages". We would abolish "nations". Instead would be created "Local Political Units (LPU's")......for example some of these might be existing municipalities. The Marxist Party of Ontario proposes as a first step, downloading to the municipalities all Ontario provincial powers possible. The Provincial Government then becomes the handmaiden of the LPU's. Where an LPU cannot handle a task on its own, then it forms a coalition with like-minded LPU's and gives that coalition body "temporary" power to handle the task, and then the coalition body dissolves if possible.
This brings the representative within the knowledge and control of the electors, since the basic political unit is very small.
As to elections within the LPU's, there will be room to look at how new technology may be able to incorporate into democracy, ongoing issue referenda, decided upon by the new "direct democracy".
What do CT'ers think of this substantial re-thinking of human self-governance?
Democratic Marxist Global Institute (DMGI)
Bob Armstrong, Coordinator
P.S. Sorry to hijack a bit, temporarily, the COVID-19 thread, but we felt Pargat's question is a most important one (Outside of COVID) and deserved a good reply. Pargat - do you want to move this discussion to a new separate thread? If so, I would be happy to institute it: The Problem of Human Self-Governance.
We agree with Pargat about the problem of modern representative democracy. Every 4 years, we create an authoritarian government over ourselves. It then takes on a life of its own, and follows their own (Directed by the Oligarchs) agenda, not that of the elector. And the elector, to object, has to publicly demonstrate, hope for support from mainstream media, owned by Oligarchs, and otherwise is powerless. Going to your MP is of no use anymore, because of government centralization around the Prime Minister. The only ones exercising power are the PM and the Cabinet........ordinary MP's in their petitions get nowhere unless there is central support.
But we go at this problem differently. We would turn the world into a modern "collection of Villages". We would abolish "nations". Instead would be created "Local Political Units (LPU's")......for example some of these might be existing municipalities. The Marxist Party of Ontario proposes as a first step, downloading to the municipalities all Ontario provincial powers possible. The Provincial Government then becomes the handmaiden of the LPU's. Where an LPU cannot handle a task on its own, then it forms a coalition with like-minded LPU's and gives that coalition body "temporary" power to handle the task, and then the coalition body dissolves if possible.
This brings the representative within the knowledge and control of the electors, since the basic political unit is very small.
As to elections within the LPU's, there will be room to look at how new technology may be able to incorporate into democracy, ongoing issue referenda, decided upon by the new "direct democracy".
What do CT'ers think of this substantial re-thinking of human self-governance?
Democratic Marxist Global Institute (DMGI)
Bob Armstrong, Coordinator
P.S. Sorry to hijack a bit, temporarily, the COVID-19 thread, but we felt Pargat's question is a most important one (Outside of COVID) and deserved a good reply. Pargat - do you want to move this discussion to a new separate thread? If so, I would be happy to institute it: The Problem of Human Self-Governance.
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