The Green Party As The Only Advocate For Direct Democracy

[DarinRobbins]

The Green Party is the only political party that promotes direct democracy in our electoral campaigns and our platform. Direct democracy is the process through which the important issues and ideas that the Green Party supports can best be implemented. It is the putting into practice of our vision of a future society. A society that would be democratically run on all levels, especially the political, economic, and infrastructure levels.

Worker councils and popular assemblies, democratically organized in the workplace and local areas, would decide on public policies together. Worker, farmer, and tenant cooperatives would replace global corporations with sustainable local economies based on democratic decision making. These could then form trade associations for the purpose of industrial and agricultural specialization. Other methods of direct democratic decision making would include participatory budgeting, community land trusts, initiative and referendum, and police review boards.

A society where the collective good is prioritized by a real political and economic democracy would foster voluntary cooperation. A decentralized democratic society would minimize the layers of hierarchy which create inequality of wealth, so you have not only the freedom but also the resources and the ability to meet basic needs. Direct democracy transforms individual free choices into equally shared collective action. It demonstrates that individual freedom and collective benefit are not mutually exclusive. Direct democracy is the process where the methods of health or security or the social good is determined by the people themselves. The inclusive participation of direct democracy expresses the cooperative ownership of the society.

That is what the Green Party is fighting for.

 

[Starcastle1958]

The Green Party is the only political party that promotes direct democracy in our electoral campaigns and our platform. Direct democracy is the process through which the important issues and ideas that the Green Party supports can best be implemented. It is the putting into practice of our vision of a future society. A society that would be democratically run on all levels, especially the political, economic, and infrastructure levels.

Worker councils and popular assemblies, democratically organized in the workplace and local areas, would decide on public policies together. Worker, farmer, and tenant cooperatives would replace global corporations with sustainable local economies based on democratic decision making. These could then form trade associations for the purpose of industrial and agricultural specialization. Other methods of direct democratic decision making would include participatory budgeting, community land trusts, initiative and referendum, and police review boards.

A society where the collective good is prioritized by a real political and economic democracy would foster voluntary cooperation. A decentralized democratic society would minimize the layers of hierarchy which create inequality of wealth, so you have not only the freedom but also the resources and the ability to meet basic needs. Direct democracy transforms individual free choices into equally shared collective action. It demonstrates that individual freedom and collective benefit are not mutually exclusive. Direct democracy is the process where the methods of health or security or the social good is determined by the people themselves. The inclusive participation of direct democracy expresses the cooperative ownership of the society.

That is what the Green Party is fighting for.

This is looney tunes. It is all change based on force.

How do you replace corporations?

It is all grounded in an ideology that is crap. That is a lie.

The world is much less poor and much less hungry today than it was 30 or 50 years ago.

 

[DarinRobbins]

This is looney tunes. It is all change based on force.

How do you replace corporations?

It is all grounded in an ideology that is crap. That is a lie.

The world is much less poor and much less hungry today than it was 30 or 50 years ago.

Every day there are numerous private organizations that practice some form of direct democracy, including cooperatives and mutual aid organizations. Peter Kropotkin gave direct democratic institutions a historical analysis in his book "Mutual Aid". The point is that there are concrete examples where direct democracy works and which disputes a lot of the negative propaganda that has been drilled into people's heads.

 

[Boris Norris]

This is looney tunes. It is all change based on force.

How do you replace corporations?

It is all grounded in an ideology that is crap. That is a lie.

The world is much less poor and much less hungry today than it was 30 or 50 years ago.

You have it all wrong. Democracy is not based in force regardless of your silly view the election was stolen. Democracy is not an ideology and you never objected to it when Trump was elected. How coincidental that once hes gone, so is democracy.

The only lies in here are those you have been belching like lava for a week.

 

[Starcastle1958]

You have it all wrong. Democracy is not based in force regardless of your silly view the election was stolen. Democracy is not an ideology and you never objected to it when Trump was elected. How coincidental that once hes gone, so is democracy.

The only lies in here are those you have been belching like lava for a week.

Did you even read the OP?

Worker councils and popular assemblies, democratically organized in the workplace and local areas, would decide on public policies together. Worker, farmer, and tenant cooperatives would replace global corporations

It has nothing to do with who is president you knucklehead. The changes he wants for this country would require a complete overhaul of our constitution. Why don't you read before posting.

He wants to replace our legislatures and ban businesses. It's Marxism!!

 

[Starcastle1958]

Every day there are numerous private organizations that practice some form of direct democracy, including cooperatives and mutual aid organizations. Peter Kropotkin gave direct democratic institutions a historical analysis in his book "Mutual Aid". The point is that there are concrete examples where direct democracy works and which disputes a lot of the negative propaganda that has been drilled into people's heads.

Direct democracy is impossible which is why every free country on earth has a representative democracy.

Based on your system we would have half the freedoms and half the lifestyle we have. It has already been tried and the only way to institute those types of changes is with extreme force.

The world today is much better off than it was 30 and 50 years ago because of capitalism and technology. Freedom is not something the government allows us to have.

 

[DarinRobbins]

The direct democracy practiced by the Rojava Kurds is the best example of how direct democracy can scale up and work for 2 to 3 million people. And even on a local scale examples like cooperatives, participatory budgeting, community land trusts, and popular assemblies demonstrate that it works and does not require force. And as I mentioned before, Kropotkin's book documents numerous historical examples to show that it worked in the past.

 

[Starcastle1958]

The direct democracy practiced by the Rojava Kurds is the best example of how direct democracy can scale up and work for 2 to 3 million people. And even on a local scale examples like cooperatives, participatory budgeting, community land trusts, and popular assemblies demonstrate that it works and does not require force. And as I mentioned before, Kropotkin's book documents numerous historical examples to show that it worked in the past.

If we had a system like you want we would not be having this conversation because the internet and PCs would not exist for ordinary people.

 

[Boris Norris]

Did you even read the OP?



It has nothing to do with who is president you knucklehead. The changes he wants for this country would require a complete overhaul of our constitution. Why don't you read before posting.

He wants to replace our legislatures and ban businesses. It's Marxism!!

You are being cometely irrational and have no evidence for such ridiculous statements based purely on hate.

Watch your name calling comrade. I can see the frustration building. Youre playing into my hands now.

 

[Starcastle1958]

Rojava Kurds?

You are being cometely irrational and have no evidence for such ridiculous statements based purely on hate.

Watch your name calling comrade. I can see the frustration building. Youre playing into my hands now.

The OP is right from the Marxist handbook. You did not get that?

OMG I called you a knucklehead!

 

[Boris Norris]

Rojava Kurds?


The OP is right from the Marxist handbook. You did not get that?

OMG I called you a knucklehead!

I've never seen a marxist handbook.

Even if it was, hes entitled to his opinion. Its not my fault he is wrong like you.