Definately has a scaling problem, the larger it gets the more degrees of seperation, and people can make decisions that benefit them at the expense of others, if it's small, you know the community will be on your ass in a second, so you best not play bs 

TheBTCManual

Or maybe by removing the welfare state or the money printer from the equation, we could mitigate its flaws? 

398ja

And can only work in small communities 

Democracy worked in Athens because it was a city state or polis 



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BooksAndArticles

The perfect dictatorship would have the appearance of a democracy

Nadia

Democracy and diversity don't mix well, it's like water and oil...