“It seems to me that actual democracy is where all of us get to participate and it's not just a sort of a blunt little dry hump in a ballot box, but an actual penetrative process.” LittlesSeemsProcessDemocracyBoxesDryBallotsBlunt Author:Russell Brand
“It is not surprising that more and more people are coming to the conclusion that the ballot box is no longer an instrument that will secure political solutions... They can see that the parliamentary democracy we boast of is becoming a sham.” PeoplePoliticalDemocracyBecomingSolutionsInstrumentsBoxesConclusionSecureSurprisingBoastBallotsParliamentaryParliamentary Democracy Author:Tony Benn
“I am very worried about this concentration of power, and it's not only because of Erdogan. We have the ballot box, but we don't have the culture of democracy. The government says: You see, we have the majority, we're entitled to do anything we want. But that's not democracy, that's majoritarianism.” WantGovernmentCultureDemocracyMajorityBoxesWorriedConcentrationEntitledBallotsErdogan Author:Elif Safak