@betsyvr

I'm curious what your thoughts on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher%C3%A1n are. I thought it was encouraging to hear that they had "the lowest homicide rate in the entire state of #Michoacán and perhaps even in the entire country of #Mexico."

#Police #DefundThePolice #NoPolice #anarchy #Anarchism #selfgovernment #selfrule #autonomous #autonomy

These thoughts about democracy are my own. Although, many of those foundational ideas did not originate from me - because l wasn't born when those seeds began to propagate (e.g., ancient Greeks)

I recently read a toot which had the suggestion that, to paraphrase, "democracy can vote in tyranny".

I disagree, in general, and here is why.

Would an informed electorate ever turn to tyrannical rule?

Obviously not!

The majority of people don't want to be ruled over. Quite the opposite. They, you & l, value our own agency. https://plato.stanford.edu/ent…/

Democracy doesn't cause tyrannical rule - some other agency does (e.g., fascists that manipulate the electorate to vote them into power). Then, conformity (& fear) sustains the status quo.

Though that's ingroup (e.g., country) specific. For instance, a majority demographic could vote to rule tyrannically over a minority demographic.

Question - Does humanity, in general, rule tyrannically over non-human animals?

#politics #democracy #autocracy #SelfRule #RuledOver #CivilRights #animal #HumanRights #PetRights #FarmAnimalRights #WildlifeRight

These thoughts about democracy are my own. Although, many of those foundational ideas did not originate from me - because l wasn't born when those seeds began to propagate (e.g., ancient Greeks)

I recently read a toot which had the suggestion that, to paraphrase, "democracy can vote in tyranny".

I disagree, in general, and here is why.

Would an informed electorate ever turn to tyrannical rule?

Obviously not!

The majority of people don't want to be ruled over. Quite the opposite. They, you & l, value our own agency. https://plato.stanford.edu/ent…/

Democracy doesn't cause tyrannical rule - some other agency does (e.g., fascist that manipulate the electorate to vote them into power). Then, conformity (& fear) sustains the status quo.

Though that's ingroup (e.g., country) specific. For instance, a majority demographic could vote to rule tyrannically over a minority demographic.

Question - Does humanity, in general, rule tyrannically over non-human animals?

#politics #democracy #autocracy #SelfRule #RuledOver #CivilRights #animal #HumanRights #PetRights #FarmAnimalRights #WildlifeRight

Social control, collective punishment and colonial rule : the Hokō system produced political stability and social order: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoko_system

#Japan #JapanHistory #TaiwanHistory #Taiwan #colonialism #community #governance #revolts #resistance #socialcontrol #police #delegation #autonomy #lawandorder #surveillance #Collaboration #CommunityOrganization #leadership #punish #SelfAdministration #SelfRule #CollectivePunishment #militia