>Or the authority can be made totally decentralized, i.e. "all people on the world with cellphones vote: should we attack North Korea" That's great until you r

>Or the authority can be made totally decentralized, i.e. "all people on the world with cellphones vote: should we attack North Korea" That's great until you replace "North Korea" with your unpopular region. Asking that same question right now about the US would probably come close to passing. The western world is founded on the rights of the individual above that of the collective. Your suggestions are counter to this philosophy.