Author: Jeff Shantz
Jeff Shantz teaches social theory and public policy at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, Canada. He is currently preparing a book on the criminalization of dissent in Canada.
The Trouble with Democracy:An Anarchist View
A saying popular in anarchist circles holds that “Elections are the means by which we choose the sauce with which we will be basted.” Anarchists have a deep problem with claims of representation made by political leaders. Quite simply, no one can truly represent anyone other than themselves, except in some “best guess” approximation of …