In Yankeedom the terms “liberal”, “democracy” and “capitalism” are all mushed together for political propaganda purposes. Bruce Lerro’s article challenges this propaganda by pointing out that throughout most of its history liberals were cynical about democracy.
Secondly, many capitalist societies are authoritarian, not liberal. Thirdly, there are many instances when democracies were direct and did not have liberal representation at all. He points out that thick participatory democracy is both a necessary and possible alternative.
Read Bruce Lerro’s latest article at https://socialistplanningbeyondcapitalism.org/liberal…/
