Forum Post: World Popular Assembly Day! #14Ja International call
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 4, 2011, 5:49 a.m. EST by enreflechissant
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14Ja: World Day of popular assemblies
Since May 15, 2011 a movement unprecedented in form and substance challenges the"representative democracy". This movement has spread from Spain around the world despite the countless media manipulation and police repression. The probability of a global revolution has rarely been this strong. Democracy is a political system where the "people" have the power. The words "representative democracy" are operations to make us believe that we are a democracy. But we have never lived in democracy; freedom of expression is not enough. In our political system, the masses give all power to a minority, without any control. The social, economic and environmental crises we all know are related to the oligarchic nature of our political systems. For the common interests to take precedence over private interests, there is only one solution: that the majority participate directly in politics. True democracy has no preconceived model, it is up to us all to build it on the streets. To continue to build this global democracy, we call all of you to create and participate in popular assemblies, wherever you are, on Saturday, January 14, 2011. Create events on the internet, in the street, in every city and in every district, stream. Read this text in assembly, in the occupy camps , and with your friends.
Tomorrow Humanity will find the road to progress.
The signatories are all that diffuse the appeal.
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/14Ja-World-Popular-Assembly-Day/130579177049075
Some notable quotes about Democracy. - "Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”.....
“The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.”......
“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.”......
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”......
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.”.....
“People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.” (considering only 50% of eligible Americans vote historically there could never been a consensus).......
“Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.”.........
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”.......
“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.”.......
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.”...........
“Democracy consists of choosing your dictators after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear”..........