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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social |
I don’t believe we should do away with representative democracy altogether, though we should improve it through proportional representation and radical campaign finance reform, both of which have been demanded here, without success, for 160 years.
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Mike
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Once the rich have bought power they’re going to be very reluctant to give it up.
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George Monbiot
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But that’s not enough. Today, we have a wide range of tools for making democracy a real and living proposition. They enable us to refine our choices and engage directly in politics whenever we wish. I’m talking about deliberative, participatory democracy.
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