http://roarmag.org/2013/06/assemblies-emerging-in-turkey-a-lesson-in-democracy/
"So what about the popular assemblies in Syntagma Square, Puerta del Sol
and Zuccotti Park? Was that real democracy? When we asked Glezos, he
looked at us with an amused smile on his face, and — to our great
surprise — just said: 'No. This is not democracy. How can a few thousand
people assembled in a square claim to speak on behalf of the millions
that live in the region? This is not democracy — it’s a lesson in
democracy. If this movement wants to survive, its direct democratic
models will need to spread to the neighborhoods and to the working
places. Only then will we start seeing the emergence of a genuinely
democratic society.'”
I hope that Turks learn from OWS, but that they don't assume OWS was successful. It was to me a movement that overextended itself horribly. I hope Tukey will learn how to scale direct democracy, and not waste time trying to accommodate every single person instead of trying to actually accomplish something.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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