Democracy tends toward corruption as any concentration of power will.
We need a robust democracy with strong regulation, not a lack of structure in our society.
kool_newt@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah so we have a robust system of checks and balances, strong regulation and systemic processes to discourage corruption. For example, if you are in your role due to a public election or representing a public body and you are found to have taken bribes you have to serve 20 years in prison and lose all entitlements associated with your office including pensions.
kool_newt@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Except it mostly doesn’t work. For every corrupt official going to prison you have 10 getting away with it.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This isn’t a reality, I’m saying the system could work if.
battle009@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This. Anarchism is not the way, democratic control is.
Structurelessness only leads to tyranny of another kind. Read Jo Freeman’s thoughts on this concept:
jacobin.com/…/tyranny-structurelessness-jo-freema…
Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Debatable
Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You can debate anything if you’re stupid enough.
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 months ago
Ok. Give me an example of an society where Anarchism has worked in the long term.
kool_newt@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Anarchism means people can protect themselves and their community without a state interfering. This means if you don’t protect yourself you pay consequences. Those that would become tyrannical don’t appear fully formed.
A functional anarchist society needs cultural mechanisms, i.e. tolerance of self defense at all levels, these should be able to prevent psychopaths from growing old. But I’m limited in what I can write here.
Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Agreed. Essentially the big reason many people support the idea of a government is simply because it is an effective deferral of responsibility for certain issues. The most effective example is unironically the existence of the government “benefit”.