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Lester Thurow? Are you kidding?

Posted by: Stoller on November 08, 1999 at 15:31:56:

In Reply to: Radical Democracy posted by bill on November 08, 1999 at 09:28:37:

: Still, this strikes me as a bit mechanical in its purism.

: The question, as you have posed in this post is how to get from here to there. I would suggest that efforts made in the name of process - specifically Radical or Direct Democracy - will be more fruitful than an immediate call for socialism.
Well, if you believe in electoral / parliamentary 'democracy,' all the power to you. Will you be pulling the 'radical democracy' lever for Gore, Bush, or Buchanan this time around?
Direct democracy after proerty relations have changed, Bill...

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