
State, Democracy, and Transition: Is There a “Democratic Road” to Socialism?
Cosmopod
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3.2. Capitalist Blockade of the Democratic Model
The modern sphere of state and law is therefore a sphere peculiarly related to conduct, but constituted precisely from the renunciation of intrinsically judging or valuing conduct. It can now be understood that democracy does not simply mean that the people decide what they want at all times. All this is pure despotism that leads to the persecution of minorities in the violation of individual freedoms. The democratic project is conceived in its formal definition as a unified space where we all participate... We all count equally, and public, through citizen deliberation and decision,. In short, a space where the general will is expressed.
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