I will take whatever answer you want to give, however you define it. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Walker Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:48 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Capitalism and the 'undeniable' rise in living standards
I'm not sure that I would agree that a constituent assembly is a "structure." David. It seems to me it is an action: constituents assemble at the behest of initiatives undertaken by broad popular participation. That action may eventually congeal into a structure. Whether or not such a structure is deemed 'democratic' would be essentially contested. Is a plebiscite -- conceived, administered, financed and manipulated by elites -- "democratic" as long as the majority of the population is "eligible" to register a choice between two offered candidates? On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:58 PM, David Shemano <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Carroll Cox writes: "Anti-capitalist movements at least in principle can/could overthrow capitalist regimes, leading to democratically organized constituent assemblies." There are two statements here. The first is that anti-capitalist movement can overthrow capitalist regimes (i.e., anti-capitalist revolutions can occur). The second statement is that such revolutions can lead to democratic political structures. I am curious about the second statement. In your view (the generic you), what is the evidence for the second statement? This is not intended as a contentious question. The fact that I may disagree with you about whether any specific post-revolutionary political structure is democratic, or an improvement, is irrelevant to the question. The questions is, from your perspective, what is the evidence that supports the statement that anti-capitalist revolutions can lead to democratic political structures? David Shemano _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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