I don't believe intelligent people are capable of managing other people's lives. I also don't believe unintelligent people are capable of managing other people's lives. This is why I don't believe democracy is a solution to the problems of elitism.
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I mean, "coordinating a system" and meta-coordinating a system (as you are proposing) is... really the same thing. Unilaterally dismissing democracy (or any other making decisions for others) is an elitist act.
It's more self-interested than elitist. To an extent I don't believe in self-mediating my advocacy of my own interests anymore, because nobody else does so, which means to reach a proper balance of interests requires me to phrase my own interests in similarly extreme fashion.
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I don't "Unilaterally dismiss democracy" except to the extent that if I don't, we'll never get a better compromise between the interests of the mob and the interests of those harmed by the mob.
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i'm all for better solutions! better solutions that don't rely on "better elites" seem limited to democracy and markets (and markets have their own flaws, including a de facto elitism)
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