Is Direct Democracy the Solution to Capitalism?

[nuenke]

Sounds like you place Hitler in the same category as Jesus Christ. It is probably safe to say that many movements are dependent on a charismatic leader, because that is what humans respond to. It means little who you follow in the end, you are still following. Few have the ability to lead.

 

[Selbstüberschätzug]

No. Hitler was evil and hadn’t much ability (he was intelligent and charismatic but not to much) and had power. Jesus Christ was god and handed power. The power don’t correlate automatically with ability’s ore moral.

 

[misogynisticfeminist]

I never believe of a one system fits all thing. It all depends on the context, the era, the culture in which democracy is in. I never expect any political system to last for a long time anyway. Direct democracy may work for Switzerland now, but maybe in the distant future, things change, and maybe feudalism suits them better.

 

[dekoi]

Perhaps you mean "American democracy is corrupted". Not to mention Canadian.

A healthy democracy is the most capable politic system. A corrupted democracy is just as dangerous as a dictatorship.

I hope there will be a Politics section in the philosophy forum some time soon. :S

 

[Selbstüberschätzug]

I just came back with my timemachine. Their was a election about to destroy the rights of the swiss people in the jahr 2050, after a world wide thermonuclear war. The result was they have rejectet it by 98 to 2 %.

Perhaps direct democraty isn't as stabile as a Nucler winter. But is the only hope we have.
Halve things like the american halve democrathy are very labile (physical law). And is already more feudalism then democraty.