ABC Radio National

The Philosopher's Zone





Date/Time 25 Dec 2014 11:30:43pm
The objects of Democratic life aren't material things.
The essence of a Democracy is in having each citizen decide what laws, principles and outcomes are to be pursued. Shared ownership of parks, say, doesn't define it.

The premise that 'Shared Stewardship' leads to some particular cohesion between the 'owners' sounds like a plausible academic theory but has no support in real life. Public Property, in fact, gets treated as no-one's property.
Walk down a city street, and see how many mobile phones lie around smashed compared to the number of trashed Public phone booths.
