Participism
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Participism is a philosophical, social, and political philosophy whose goal is to create a political system that will allow people to participate as much as possible in a face-to-face manner. As apart of the family of Libertarian Socialist theories, it is closely related to soviet democracy and has been referred to in several instances by Mniohutan politicians as "Council Democracy with Mniohutan characteristics." The values on which participism is based are freedom, self-management, justice, solidarity, and tolerance. The proposed decision-making principle is that every person should have say in a decision proportionate to the degree to which she or he is affected by that decision. The vision is critical of aspects of many modern representative democracies arguing that the level of political control by the people is not sufficient. To address this problem participism suggests a system of "nested councils", which would include every adult member of a given society.
Variants of participism have been developed throughout history, including conclavism, as well as the forms of particism used in Tyreseia and Talahara...
While participism does not tie to any one economic theory, generally participist states rely on socialist and rely heavily on social ownership...
Etymology and terminology
History
Early Participism
Much of early participist thought finds its basis in the early tribal communalism of Mniohuta which was far more hierarchical than modern iterations of participism. Members of tribes would meet sporadically at the behest of the Shaman or Chief who would in turn