Chapter 4: SKETCH OF COMMUNIST SOCIETY -- ADMINISTRATION
3. People achieve "true democracy."
3.4. Breaking away from "boss politics"
By deprofessionalizing politics, it will also be possible to break away from the "boss politics" - a political practice in which political party executives dictate the political process - that has prevailed in the world regardless of the type of political system.
Today, leadership theory that longs for a "strong leader" is popular in various fields, and it has become a standard topic in the world of politics. The belief that humans cannot act without a strong leader is still deeply rooted around the world.
However, in a complex human society, a superhuman who can single-handedly grasp and guide everything cannot exist. A "strong leader" is either an illusion or a monstrous tyrant. Humans boast that they are primates that have evolved from monkeys, but if nothing can be done without bosses, humans have not yet passed the monkey stage. In reality, human society, especially politics, is better managed without bosses.
The Commons' Convention system does not have a leading position equivalent to that of the president, prime minister, or governor, mayor. In other words, there is no single leader in the Commons' Convention who can pull everything together.
In the first place, under the Commons' Convention system, party politics, which is the stage for "boss politics" - in this case, it does not matter whether it is a one-party system or a multi-party system - is also wiped out. Political parties under the Commons' Convention system are guaranteed freedom of peaceful and lawful activities without any distinction from other voluntary political organizations, but participation in the Commons' Convention is no longer possible on a party basis due to the delegation lottery system.
By doing so, it is possible to transfer the political process that has been dominated by party bosses, regardless of whether it is a one-party system or a multi-party system, into the hands of the common people. It would also change the male-dominated nature of politics that remains deeply rooted around the world - with the majority of party bosses being men - and ensure an increase in female delegates. We will call this new form of communist democracy "true democracy."
Traditionall - although there are still some countries that have not yet become a tradition - the expression "parliamentary democracy," equating parliamentary systems with democracies, has become established. Strictly speaking, so-called indirect democracies such as parliamentary systems have not reached "true democracy," and can even be called "pseudo democracy," if not untrue democracy.
3.5. Majority decision and minority decision
The Commons' Convention, which is a manifestation of "true democracy", also shows great innovation in terms of voting methods. In the existing parliamentary system, the majority rule is the absolute principle. However, discarding the minority opinion and using the power of the majority is not the way to be a "true democracy," but nothing less than the dictatorship of the majority.
The same is true of Commons' Convention, which is a collegial body, in that the final decision is made based on the principle of a majority vote after deliberating bills and other bills. However, the Commons' Convention, which is freed from both partisan politics and boss politics, does not absolutize the majority rule.
For Example, even in the case of a majority vote, if the vote difference is less than 5%, it will be regarded as a rejection, and a narrow majority vote will not be tolerated. The intent lies in respecting minority opinions with a narrow margin of less than 5 percent.
On the other hand, in the case of a majority vote with a difference of 5% or more, if more than one-third of the delegates in attendance vote against it, the majority vote shall be provisionally approved and a second vote shall be taken after three years. The purpose of this is to create room for a new resolution to be passed in the future, when minority opinions that were aggregated into negative votes will turn into majority opinions.
In that case, the provisionally passed bill will be enforced as a law once, but if it is rejected as a result of a re-voting three years later, the law will be promptly abolished.
In this way, the simultaneous adoption of minority proposals that have received a certain amount of support while prioritizing majority voting is called minority decision. It will be understood from the above argument that the minority decision here is not a concept that is opposed to the majority rule, but a compatible concept.
