Democracies are 'design by committee', and that's a feature not a bug. Democracies are ugly, inefficient, buggy, and bloated. Most people don't get what they w

Democracies are 'design by committee', and that's a feature not a bug. Democracies are ugly, inefficient, buggy, and bloated. Most people don't get what they want, but they agree to form a union because they know that they'll get more than if they were ruled by an autocrat. Democracies are pragmatic. However, some people naturally want to push their vision onto others. And, there are constant forces at play to do so. I think the democracies that work best have some common culture. They seem to work better because the core differences are more tightly clustered.