> Democracy is not about having control of your own life. It is about a large group of other people having control over your life.
Democracy is about balancing individual freedom with the demands of living in society. There is no other system of decision making which even attempts to reconcile these two adversarial relationships (individual vs. society).
>What you are thinking about would be volunteerism/Non-aggressionism.
I fail to see how you could have an undemocratic voluntary society. I'd argue democracy is the backbone of a voluntary society.
Democracy is about balancing individual freedom with the demands of living in society. There is no other system of decision making which even attempts to reconcile these two adversarial relationships (individual vs. society).
>What you are thinking about would be volunteerism/Non-aggressionism.
I fail to see how you could have an undemocratic voluntary society. I'd argue democracy is the backbone of a voluntary society.