Hi,
This is addressed to the proponent of autonarchy and copied to members of
the Neither list, through which the matter was brought to my attention by
Luke. (Thanks, mate.)
http://www.autonarchy.org.il/
At first acquaintance, I dig the ideas on your website which take a
direction similar to that of some thinkers and activists in Western
Australia over the past five years.
In the 'seventies and 'eighties, we subscribed to a parliamentary movement
(the Australian Democrats) which started out with similar ideals to yours.
However (and perhaps inevitably), this movement became subverted to
sectional interests (eg, feminist, gay, and frank personal nest-feathering
by elected representatives and staff).
The pragmatic 'electoral objective' (and Australia's party-controlled
preferential voting system) then drove AD power brokers into deal-making
with the two major parties whose corruption had been the raison d'etre of
the Democrats. Internal critics of such abuses were then disempowered,
alienated, expelled, etc. The party's cherished participatory democracy was
finally supplanted by top-down executive control between 1991 and 1994.
A couple of years ago, some of us formed a group, SODA (Society of
Democratic Australians) which last year submerged itself in the worldwide
battle against the MAI.
Australia has other groups with similar ideals, and similarly browned-off
with machine politics.
I'll be reading your material more closely with a view to commenting
further, and will thus stay tuned.
Regards
Brian Jenkins
Perth, Western Australia
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