[DoctorOW]

You don't have to answer as we've definitely drifted off topic.

Is there a reasonable solution to these problems? I feel like without the popularity contest element, that's only more delegating to those who don't necessarily vote the way people would want. Without the delegating, there is stronger requirements on a citizen to educate themselves.

Representative democracy seems to be at the rough point of compromise between these downsides.

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[charcircuit]

>Is there a reasonable solution to these problems?

One idea is community level dictatorships where people can freely create, fork, join, and leave these communities.