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Democracy  By Mark E. Smith at Apr 20, 2011  Change Text Size a-
| A+ After several emails I finally took the ZNet poll. Yes, I
expect it to do more harm than good, no I will not join, and if
I joined I would not pay dues. But there was no space to explain
my answers, so just as I use a black marker to overwrite
Democratic Party surveys and mail them back saying "STOP THE
WARS AND BAILOUTS!" I decided to post this blog to say what I
want to say, which isn't a box I can check on the poll.  Forming
alternative organizations is very important when you oust an
oligarchy. But you also have to oust the oligarchy. It won't go
away by itself. It won't go away just because you can
demonstrate a better way. It won't go away just because 99% of
the people, those who aren't themselves oligarchs, want it to.
Positivism is magical thinking and reform is subversion to
revolution.  In Egypt, the pe