Sandy Maguire

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Democracy aggregates preferences. Members of a group want things done. Democracy combines their wants and stirs to get a group decision. This process is terribly confusing because humans almost never completely agree. So what happens? On every issue, democracy must either impose a compromise, or favor one side over its rivals—which is another way of answering, “Who knows?”
The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
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