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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the whole constituency of the community that the militia protects is involved in controlling that militia,

Like having the militia answer to a democratically-elected government?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, to councils, not representatives with a free mandate.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"We've changed the names of our institutions! That totally justifies burning society to the ground."

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"I don't understand something even after being given the answer, I'll make fun of it instead!"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

A handful of meaningless jargon is not an answer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

To be fair, your explanations have been pretty shit, so

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Nice strawman, homie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like a cross-over episode with libertarianism to me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah... libertarian socialism. It's *older that right-wing so-called "libertarianism"/anarcho-capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Representatives don't have a free mandate in a democracy, they're bound by laws and by their constituency.

How are your councils formed and what restricts their power?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Please read up on what a free mandate is. Especially compared to an imperative mandate.

The gouncils are made up of the people. Their power is restricted by a breathing constitution based on consensus.