As I have argued before, democracy in the sense of majoritarianism or a political system of phony oligarchal representation inherently violates liberty. I have also tried to emphasize that all states are inherently exclusive and out of the control of "the people" at large by the very nature...
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on Sun, May 11 2008
Filed under: Anarchism, Democracy, Representation, Individual Sovereignty, Consent, Free Association
Free association and competition resolves conflict while politics, especially democratic politics, enables and ultimately depends on conflict. All disagreements between people about how to organize can theoretically be resolved through free association, as they have the choice to either disassociate...
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on Wed, Apr 30 2008
Filed under: Competition, Decentralization, Centralization, Monopoly, Aesthetics, Democracy, Social Evolution, Consent, Free Association
In the discussion and debate that goes on among libertarians, it is disputed as to wether or not libertarians should vote and participate in party politics. Some see voting as the only practical option, some think that there should be a multi-pronged approach that includes voting, some are die-hard supporters...
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on Sat, Apr 5 2008
Filed under: Anarchism, Coercive Monopoly, Competition, Collusion, Monopoly, Checks and Balances, The Calculation Problem, Democracy, Representation, Voting, Means and Ends, Agorism, Propaganda, Consent, Libertarianism
This is part one in a three part series: democracy is slavery, democracy is impossible and democracy is liberty. Democracy Is Slavery By the phrase "democracy is slavery", I refer to the tyranny that inevitably arises from the principles of majoritarianism and communalism. One standard definition...
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on Sun, Mar 16 2008
Filed under: Ethics, Universality, Consistancy, Utilitarianism, Collectivism, Majoritarianism, Democracy, Individual Sovereignty, Consent, Slavery