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Additionally, the realization that democratic rights in liberal democracies are limited: democracy isn't allowed in matters of private property.
People are free, decision-making is democratic. Ok, so can we vote Rockefeller's wealth away from him? No, don't be ridiculous.
Sure, it's great to have democracy for municipal services, taxes, etc., but let's also have it for the means of production like they have in Chiapas.
I've always thought poverty is the biggest problem in the world. Sure human rights issues are bad, incurable cancers are bad, but Poverty, that's the 800lb gorilla of human problems. Road traffic accidents are bad because they cause 2% of deaths. Poverty causes 50% of human deaths. So the fact that material wealth is non-democratic, oligarchic, that's a big deal. You can't say, "Ah well, it'd be nice to have fair distribution, but at least we have free speech for all". That's a much lesser right. Material wealth is the most important right.