Breaking Democracy's Chains by Metin Pekin is a critical look at the practice of democracy; and is quite in line with the ideas I personally hold.
It introduces freedom, something we cherish a lot, as an invisible cage, and democracy, our expression of freedom, a polished illusion of the same. In the first of 14 chapters, the book narrates the initial days of USA and the duel between the federalists, who wanted central control, and the Jeffersonians, who stood for the states. This is the origin of the party system that continue to defeat the ideals of democracy, it adds. The book then goes on to elaborate, how, every evil that happens in a democracy will be having a party behind it, and what, a no-party system can do here. It then shows the nuts and bolts of the next democratic evolution, and suggests a path, specifically for a no-party model. How, responsibility can replace illusion, and let us all out of a cage.
This is a remarkable work with compelling arguments and examples. I agree with the author. Party system, rather than uniting, is turning us into each other. And, we now need to unite, for bringing in a no-party system to replace it.
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