Re: Down with Democracy!
Daniel C. Burton (dburton@ocf.berkeley.edu)
17 Dec 1997 03:00:21 GMT
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Sure, we could invite some left-anarchists (though it would probably serve
us better to try to recruit the "fuck everything" variety and some
objectivists first). We should let anyone participate as long as they
agree with our basic premises and they're willing to let us promote our
organization. Then we should just let everyone add their own ideological
spin to the basic message.
There are a few points I think they should all agree on:
1. Democratic rule can be a bad thing.
2. Basic liberties should not be subject to the opinion of the majority.
3. A limited republic with checks against democracy is better than pure
democracy. (In my opinion, the most important of these checks is that
powers are enacted locally and limited nationally.)
This way things would at least minimally cohere.
I don't think we have to worry about begin outnumbered by any particular
other ideological group, because there are a bunch of anarcho-capitalists
in the BLU and outside the Cal Libertarians who would probably be
interested in participating, but even if we were, it would still be cool.
We would still be the sponsoring organization, and I've never seen
anything like that here at Cal before. I'd say we should just go and get
as many people as we can. Any protest where people can hoestly hold up
anarchy signs would be invariable cool.
Seth David Schoen <schoen@uclink4.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
: Sounds cool.
: Want to invite some left anarchists as well? I have several left anarchist
: friends who might be interested, and I think Crystal Silva (who was featured
: in the Daily Cal as "A Real Uncertified Atheist", and who gave me a business
: card with an anarchy symbol) may be a left anarchist.
: Of course, that creates some questions about what issues would be covered
: in the protest, but it might also be cool to have more anti-government
: perspectives on democracy.
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