When there are just a few decision makers, a standard evaluation procedure is usually necessary for fairness / reproducibility. When there as many evaluators a

When there are just a few decision makers, a standard evaluation procedure is usually necessary for fairness / reproducibility. When there as many evaluators as evaluatees, no standard evaluation procedure is needed on the theory that all the different ways and biases will cancel out. That doesn't work over time, as clearly America's electorate gets interested in different things, but I am less worried about that for co-ops. The hope for co-ops vs state democracy is two fold. Firstly, because people do work many hours at their job, but don't necessarily spend any time running the state, I hope they are more informed and engaged. Secondly, the "both options are bad, I hate this" problem should be addressed by A, proportional representation (just like should be done with state democracy states), but also B of switching jobs. The barrier of switching jobs is much lower than immigrating, which ought to more than any thing else reign in defeatist apathy. And Co-ops can still fire people, remember.