> almost everything to do with the lack of policy reflecting reasonably implementable wants and needs of the population at large And there’s my point. I think

> almost everything to do with the lack of policy reflecting reasonably implementable wants and needs of the population at large And there’s my point. I think your claim is that most Americans want a 32 hour work week, and that the fact it doesn’t exist at large is proof of a failure of democracy. My claim is that by that logic every country in the world is a failed democracy since there’s always something that hasn’t been implemented by government that the people say they want in a poll. I don’t think that all democracies are failed democracies (and I doubt you do either), which means you should rethink your criteria for what makes a democracy successful.