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Electing or choosing leaders is how democratic systems have functioned, in one way or another, since the beginning of the concept.
by keiferski 1y ago
Electing or choosing leaders is how democratic systems have functioned, in one way or another, since the beginning of the concept.
- keybored 1y agoThen it has never existed.
- Nevermark 1y agoIt is commonly recognized that Democracy could not exist at a granularity where everyone verifiably gets to contribute to every decision (even if only to abstain), including throughout the resolution of unsettled downstream decisions during implementation of settled upstream decisions. This is very much not a surprise to anyone. For any Democratic system to work, it must include systems of delegation. One can usefully talk about tradeoffs of different kinds, granularity, processes and limits of delegation.
- keybored 1y agoIs this democracy according to the math department? This does not conflict with the claim I made.