robbo203
13th January 2013, 10:50
The ideal planning strategy is democratic input at all institutional levels of production coordination from the point of production all the way on up. This ensures a greater efficiency in the areas of resource allocation and the transportation of raw materials to where they need to go and providing the most utility and least wastefulness.
There are clear limits to the possibility of democratic input, though, are there not? How can a community on one side of the globe decides on what is best for a community on the other side of the globe?
To democratically partipate in decisionmaking requires that you have the necessary information at your disposal upon which to make an informed decision. The world is far too complex a place in which we can all contribute democratically to every decision that will need to be made. Quite apart from the overwhelming technical argument in favour of decentralisation, the democratic argument too calls decentralisation - that we should be able to involve ourselves in decisions that have a significant bearing on our own lives rather than have others who will not be significantly affected and have little or no information about our circumstances determine what is best for us
This is known as the principle of subsidiarity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity) and it is another powerful argument for a decentralised communist future
There are clear limits to the possibility of democratic input, though, are there not? How can a community on one side of the globe decides on what is best for a community on the other side of the globe?
To democratically partipate in decisionmaking requires that you have the necessary information at your disposal upon which to make an informed decision. The world is far too complex a place in which we can all contribute democratically to every decision that will need to be made. Quite apart from the overwhelming technical argument in favour of decentralisation, the democratic argument too calls decentralisation - that we should be able to involve ourselves in decisions that have a significant bearing on our own lives rather than have others who will not be significantly affected and have little or no information about our circumstances determine what is best for us
This is known as the principle of subsidiarity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity) and it is another powerful argument for a decentralised communist future