Personally Im in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions in the society have to be under popular control. Now, under capitalism we cant have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if we were to think of it in political terms, fascist; that is, it has tight control at the top and strict obedience has to be established at every level -- theres a little bargaining, a little give and take, but the line of authority is perfectly straightforward. Just as Im opposed to political fascism, Im opposed to economic fascism. I think that until major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, its pointless to talk about democracy. ― Noam Chomsky
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:12:01 +0000
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