Jacques and Jennifer continue their discussion about democracy from last week, coming back to the question of how we could imagine our political system to be truly democratic - to have a system in which we the people truly govern ourselves.

Once again, the presenters critique the current system with two main parties presented by the media as the only way, as a sport in which two teams are in constant battle and too often about futile aspects of what really matters. Meanwhile the will of the people falls by the wayside on a number of important fronts whilst those who already have too much see their wealth increase exponentially.

Ideas of David Graeber are discussed, including his insight that the ultimate truth of the world is that we are free to change it as we see fit and moving towards more social and ecological justice and equality.

References

David Graeber 2024, The ultimate hidden truth of the world... Allen Lane (Penguin Books), Great Britain.

David Graeber & David Wengrow 2021, The Dawn of everything: A new history of humanity. Allen Lane (Pengui Books), Great Britain.

David Graeber 2015 The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy Brooklyn: Melville House Publishing