A review by mothwing
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber
3.0
Back in the day I half followed the Occupy movement, and then it suddenly just... disappeared from news coverage. There one day, gone the next. This book helps explain why.
It also looks at the development of democracy in the West and different forms of democracy. A lot of it is reassuringly common-sensical. The most interesting thing I took away from this is that elections/voting are essentially a public contest/spectacle and ought to be avoided in situations which require earnest cooperation afterwards, unless it's like, a straw poll. I find this to be very true in my experience and makes so much sense.
It also looks at the development of democracy in the West and different forms of democracy. A lot of it is reassuringly common-sensical. The most interesting thing I took away from this is that elections/voting are essentially a public contest/spectacle and ought to be avoided in situations which require earnest cooperation afterwards, unless it's like, a straw poll. I find this to be very true in my experience and makes so much sense.