I think there is no way to avoid such a situation and we have to face
its implications. A project of radical and plural democracy has to come
to terms with the dimension of conflict and antagonism within the
political and has to accept the consequences of the irreducible plurality
of values. This must be the starting point of our attempt to radicalize
the liberal democratic regime and to extend the democratic revolution
to an increasing number of social relations. Instead of shying away
from the component of violence and hostility inherent in social
relations, the task is to think how to create the conditions under which
those aggressive forces can be defused and diverted and a plurailist
democratic order made possible.