[p2p-research] varieties of radical left positions towards democracy

[Alex Rollin]

I read it.  I believe he means that the refusal to submit should be the
unifying 'principle' of humanity.  His opening quote hinted at it.  That all
other governance, originating from a supposition of any other principle, is
useless.

It’s very difficult to force into obedience whoever
has no wish to command.
J.-J. Rousseau

I believe that P2P Networks have this quality.  The difficulty in some ways
is that previous coordination systems, in an effort to economize and
compete, have centralized, and force submission, in a way, because users
cannot replicate and walk away.

A

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've read/scanned this text only, and am not sure what the author is
> finally saying after criticising nearly everyone else, BUT,
>
> I've never seen such a complete compendium of what radical left currents
> have thought about democracy, this guy seems to have read them all, so I
> think it's worth reading for that reason:
> http://libcom.org/library/a-contribution-critique-political-autonomy-gilles-dauve-2008
>  probably the kind of text martin or andy would appreciate,
>
> Michel
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