Libertarian Socialism

[TaraJo]

So, yeah, tribalism could work. But I don't see it happening. It's far more common for tribalism to result in more violence and fighting and destruction and less general progressiveness.

We are getting way off subject here. I was talking about decentralized direct democracy. It would be mutually beneficial to co-operate with one another despite our differences. We could work out our differences through co-operation. That's the nature of free association.

You think people want to cooperate? I mean, yeah, it would be nice, but when one group is bigger and stronger than the other, they have a tendancy to say "Screw the cooperation! Were gonna take what we want!" Especially when resources are scarce.

I do recognize the strength that comes through centralization. But you gotta look at the problems that have gone unmanaged. Politicians on the right talk about the evils of the welfare state and the democrats pretend to take global warming seriously. Yet they both agree to hand out trillions of dollars in corporate welfare to coal crooks.

Agreed, there ar problems with the system as it is, no questions there, but I want to fix the system and deal with the problems as they come up; keep the good while fixing the bad. Your solution feels like throwing the baby out with the bath water; eliminating the good and bad together.