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You don’t even need a sophisticated defense against trickery and propaganda.

The thing that works almost automatically, with exceptions, is decentralized power:

- direct voting on issues by all citizens

- compartmentalization of government into specialized units

- bottom up federalism

- appointment of representatives on a per project basis, not for general power

With decentralized power, people make pragmatic decisions, because they are focused on solving problems and not on maintaining power.



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