Comment by zenogais

10 years ago

> It is to ask people and empower them to get what they need directly. I.e. democracy

You've simply replaced one unproven ideal with another here.

How is democracy an 'unproven ideal'? It has thousands of years of history across many human cultures.

  • Were any of those cultures successful because of democracy? We don't have controlled experiments on human governance, no ideas have been proven.