Difference between revisions of "Danton's politics"
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The formal mechanisms of liberal democracy, including free speech, universal suffrage with multiple parties, and a "state of law," are necessary to protect human rights and freedoms, whatever the economic system. | The formal mechanisms of liberal democracy, including free speech, universal suffrage with multiple parties, and a "state of law," are necessary to protect human rights and freedoms, whatever the economic system. | ||
| − | Liberal democracy recognizes the individual's right to ownership of private property | + | Liberal democracy also recognizes the individual's right to ownership of private property, as well as the related right to hire the labor of others and operate as a "capitalist." State-enforced communism denies these rights in a misguided attempt to promote economic justice, but at a terrible price for both individual freedom and economic efficiency. The best way to work towards the ideals of economic justice and cooperative endeavor is to promote them within the framework of liberal democracy. |
==The autonomous collective unit== | ==The autonomous collective unit== | ||
