Electoral Politics Ignored Around the World
In part, militant socialism at the end of the 19th century was a good reason for capitalists to expand the voting franchise to include the working class. They were afraid of revolution. But by the late 1940’s theorists of democracy like Joseph Schumpeter were honest enough to say that democracy is really about the “circulation of elites”. Democracy simply meant people choosing which elite we would be ruled by. This article points out that people themselves don’t take these elections seriously.
About The Author
Bruce
Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.