> I think having the rules decided upon and enforced by the people (not some centralized institution that's disconnected from the social fabric) would help a lo

> I think having the rules decided upon and enforced by the people (not some centralized institution that's disconnected from the social fabric) would help a lot. And how exactly are "the people" going to decide upon and enforce the rules? Just gathering all the people together to talk until they come to consensus is hardly scalable to the size of a small town, let alone a country or continent. Hence representative democracy, institutions, governments, police forces, court systems.... all that stuff. It may be far from perfect, but it's not clear anyone has come up with a better mechanism.