[sunshinerag]

Wait what … how does democracy work then?

[nfw2]

the benefit of democracy is primarily that it prevents governments from doing bad things, less so that it empowers more effective governance

[mathgeek]

It can do either, and can fail to do either. It’s the people having power that enables the outcomes, not the system itself. Democracy just grants the power to a broader set of people.

[coldtea]

Democracy is not about being smart or dumb.

It's about everyboty having a say in decisions of government that affects them.

The failure of democracy as a system is not when people make dumb decisions (experts and high-IQ people have made some of the most stupid and catastrophic decisions in history), but when people's collective decisions are not being respected.

[optimalsolver]

It doesn't.