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I would say it fixes the abuses of power which come from individual biases in theory, as these biases (hopefully) average out in a majority vote.

• krageon 7y ago
  Emphatically, this is untrue to an almost hilarious degree. It's not even unusual to hear about cronyism and weird individual biases influencing almost every layer of the political machine (both in the EU and the US, the two big "democratic" powers). Definitely spend some time interacting with people that work in the space and listen to their stories, you'll quickly find out exactly how fair a democracy inherently makes things (not at all fair, in other words).
  • terminalhealth 7y ago
    Quite right. It should be expected that democracy is imperfect and requires at least these three things to work at all: 1) A unifying incentive that makes people cooperate (prospects of improvement, opportunity, economic growth). 2) Mechanisms of removing bad actors. 3) Free speech that allows a constant re-negotiation of ideals, values, interests etc. Don't expect a single formula or law is going to solve everything for good, but expect a constant dialogue which allows to adapt to constantly changing requirements even though it may seem tiring. Decentralizing decision power alone does not cut it as people are going to be sneaky and selfish.
    • echaozh 7y ago
      Then all democracy on Earth today fails the first point you made. People are doomed to disagree on incentives. Improvements, opportunities, growth, yes, all good, but for who? That is the problem. There are so many differentiators like races, regions, religions, etc, etc.