On Thinking About Extreme Democracy

[danieldwilliam]

I'm thinking about participatory democracy and wondering if riots counts.

Comments

[andrewducker]

Naah - rioting is a bypassing of democracy, because while the will of _some_ people is expressed, there's no equality in reaching a decision.

Rioting, IMHO, occurs when there is a significant democratic deficit, or where people are unhappy, and believe (rightly or wrongly) that democracy will not fix this.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

Thank you - that's a helpful comment.