That is true if you want to maintain the direction the subreddit is going. But democracy doesn't work when the masses don't know what's best for them. I believ

That is true if you want to maintain the direction the subreddit is going. But democracy doesn't work when the masses don't know what's best for them. I believe that nevitably, without strong leadership, a subreddit (or insert any other internet community) will fall to image macros, memes, and internet raging. And that's because the masses upvote that content. But maybe an appointed moderator is what the subreddit needs, even if that mod isn't what it deserves.