the google translation of that quote is pretty funny:
"Democracy does not end for us to plant fences"
I think it's important to consider the rights of the owner as well. If I am a captain on a fishing boat, and I built/paid for the boat, I can then hire fisherman to work on my boat. There are more fishermen than captains, if there is a disagreement between the fishermen and the captain regarding where they should be fishing and it was up to a vote, the fishermen would win.
What incentive does the captain have to invest in his own boat if he has no control over where it goes or how it is run?
Why don't the fisherman go build their own boat if they don't like where the captain is fishing?
The majority in this example microdemocracy is effectively stealing the boat from the owner by using the force of the 'state' to reallocate his resources to themselves.
I beg your pardon? VW is trying to establish a workers' representation in their plant, with politicians actively working against it because they fear that this will, over time, drive up the general level of income, which, in turn, will lead to other car manufacturers moving to other states.
This has little to do with workers taking over from the owner, and everything with wages kept artificially low in order to attract international companies simply because of these artifically low wages.
"Democracy does not end for us to plant fences"
I think it's important to consider the rights of the owner as well. If I am a captain on a fishing boat, and I built/paid for the boat, I can then hire fisherman to work on my boat. There are more fishermen than captains, if there is a disagreement between the fishermen and the captain regarding where they should be fishing and it was up to a vote, the fishermen would win.
What incentive does the captain have to invest in his own boat if he has no control over where it goes or how it is run?
Why don't the fisherman go build their own boat if they don't like where the captain is fishing?
The majority in this example microdemocracy is effectively stealing the boat from the owner by using the force of the 'state' to reallocate his resources to themselves.