«Pnyx hill, Athens» Qwqchris (Wikipedia) Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en, a site of the Democracy of Athens with direct dimensions of political participation of the citizens:
«Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states; we are rather a pattern to others than imitators ourselves. Its administration favours the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. If we look to the laws, they afford equal justice to all in their private differences; if no social standing, advancement in public life falls to reputation for capacity, class considerations not being allowed to interfere with merit; (...). The freedom which we enjoy in our government extends also to our ordinary life. There, far from exercising a jealous surveillance over each other, we do not feel called upon to be angry with our neighbour for doing what he likes, or even to indulge in those injurious looks which cannot fail to be offensive, although they inflict no positive penalty. But all this ease in our private relations does not make us lawless as citizens. Against this fear is our chief safeguard, teaching us to obey the magistrates and the laws, particularly such as regard the protection of the injured, whether they are actually on the statute book, or belong to that code which, although unwritten, yet cannot be broken without acknowledged disgrace.» Thucydides «History of the Peloponnesian War» (430 b.C. - 411 b.C.)
«All you need is Love» and Direct (Participatory) Democracy, DEMOCRATIA RECTA, Democracia Directa (Participativa), Democràcia Directa (Participativa), Democrazia Diretta, Democrația directă, Démocratie Directe, Direkte Demokratie, Άμεση δημοκρατία, ...
... to put Representative Democracy in the right direction (RECTUM): "a Government for the Persons by the Persons"!
Between elections we don´t want autocracies from parlamentary majorities! We need much more instances of control over representantives by representated until we have a true democratic political culture!
Brazil, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, ... show to us how Democracy could be corrupted by representatives and Persons demonstrate them indignation triggered by injustice! Democracy needs to be deepened, we have now cultural and historical bases for that, but the representative forces trend to maintain the status quo, them power of representation! Between representation and anarchy we have a big distance for better ways in Democracies!
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