This kind of revolution obviously leaves democracy far behind and raises other concerns.
Capitalism, Barber writes, "seems quite literally to be consuming itself, leaving democracy in peril and the fate of citizens uncertain".
Writing in the book, Uffe Elbæk, its party leader, compares the emergence of The Alternative to Syriza and Podemos as a reaction to a failure of the political system so serious that it leaves democracy itself under threat.
"Every occurrence of violence erodes the legitimacy of the state and its leaders, leaving democracy to stand alone and exposed to those who want to subvert it further or destroy it altogether," he said.
The current situation leaves democracy in a poor condition.
His supporters are confident that he will emerge victorious, though some analysts say the conflict will probably leave democracy bruised.
Once you start talking about government's equitable distribution of wealth about giving government the power to define and create "fairness," as Hayek put it you have begun to leave democracy behind.
On the other hand Mr Suthep and the Democrats have little faith left in democracy, since elections always produce a result antithetical to them.
To finally be able to hound a prime minister out of office would have left our democracy at the mercy of unelected, unaccountable media oligarchy.
