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It's easier for small groups to organize than widely disperse ones. See Buchanan/Tullock/Olson. That's why the general interest tends to lose out in Democracy t

• WiseWeasel 14y ago
  That failure is not limited to democracy. It's a consequence of the barriers separating government officials from other people, including centralized information media (to which government officials have much better access than citizens) and in the case of democracy, the high cost of running an election campaign, inescapably making the pursuit of money from special interests the primary concern for elected officials. The former barrier is being eroded as people have better access to and influence over the public forum. The latter remains a contentious issue to resolve.