[paganel]

And who’s going to decide that those things you mentioned at the end are good or bad? If not (elected) leaders, that is. Take the exemple of the most famous democracy, the US, its current dominance was built on a few wars (the Civil War, to settle things domestically, and the two World Wars that allowed it to extend its dominance worldwide) and big periods of protectionism (like at the end of the 19th century).

[eru]

Who's going to decide what voting system is good or bad? At some point, you have to inject some judgement calls, if you want to end up with a judgement call.

Btw, the protectionism was bad for the US economy, and did not help its dominance at all. (That's assuming you like US dominance?)