Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut
So, you're against democracy? Sure, democracy's not perfect, but it's the best damn form of social organization available. Society should be controlled by the people, and its policies chosen by those who are affected by them. Why is it that so many people who praise the principles of democracy in some areas of life are completely apathetic to the fact that virtually all workplaces are organized in a rigid, top-down, totalitarian hierarchy with no democratic input from the workers whatsoever in how their own workplace should be run?

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No, you miss my point. I am all for democracy and the democratic process. My point is that we are not all thoughtless clones who will agree on everything everytime. You pointed out that "Communism is a stateless, classless society in which nobody has the power to enforce their ideas on other people. Decisions on how workplaces and societies should be run are made democratically by their members" Well, that's fine and dandy but someone is bound to disagree. And that person who disagrees will be forced to go along with the majority decision or that decision is meaningless. It makes no difference if that decision is made by the people, the Boss Man, or the government. Once "The People" are put in a position to make these decisions they become no less of an institution than the government is. Sooner or later you end up with two classes: "The People" and those who disagree with "The People". Thus the goal of a "classless society in which nobody has the power to enforce their ideas on other people has failed.