Socialism lost its way largely when it became decoupled from the processes of democracy. My vision of a socially just society is one that is deeply democratic, that allows people’s voices to be heard, where people actually govern. C.L.R James sometimes used the slogan “every cook can govern” to speak to the concept that there should be no hierarchies of power between those who lead and their constituencies. This idea is related to Antonio Gramsci’s argument that the goal of the revolutionary party is for every member to be an intellectual. That is, everyone has the capacity, has the ability to articulate a vision of reality and to fight for the realization of their values and goals in society. Gramsci is pointing toward the development of a strategy that is deeply democratic, one where we don’t have elitist, vanguardist notions of what society should look like, but have humility and the patience to listen to and learn from working class and poor people, who really are at the center of what any society is. Manning Marable
You have to remember one thing about the will of the people: it wasn't that long ago that we were swept away by the Macarena.
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Jon Stewart
Democracy should always be viewed with a philosophical perspective rather than a political one, because after all democracy was born to a philosopher and murdered by a politician.
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Aysha Taryam
In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence, one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot.
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Unknown
LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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Langston Hughes
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David Gerrold
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