THEY SAY WE LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY. WE ARE FREE AND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL. But just how "Free" are
we? How democratic are our so-called "Democracies"? Is it enough to simply elect our leaders
and sit back helpless as they rule over us like dictators? What good is selecting our
politicians if we cannot control our media police or soldiers? If we must blindly follow our
teachers' and bosses' commands whilst at school and in the workplace is it not a little naïve
to believe that we are the masters of our own destinies? And if our resources are controlled by
a tiny cabal of plutocrats bankers and corporations can we honestly say that our economies
are being run for us? Could things not be a little bit more well democratic? Indeed they can!
"Democracy: A User's Guide" shows us how... Within the pages of this story-filled book we
shall visit Summerhill a democratic school in the east of England before stopping off in
Brazil to check out Semco where workplace democracy is the name of the game. We will travel to
Rojava to explore life in a democratic army and head to Spain to see why Podemos is giving
liquid democracy a go. We shall travel back in time to see democracy at work in
hunter-gatherer societies tribal confederacies the guilds and on the commons. We will
consider the case for participatory budgeting deliberative democracy collaborative hiring
community currencies peer-to-peer lending and much much more. The message is clear and
concise: Democracy does not have to be a pipe dream. We have all the tools we need to rule
ourselves. Get your copy of Joss Sheldon's new masterpiece today...
