People are reasonable. But as soon as people stand together in a heap, how they turn into a herd where the most massive and, therefore, the most primitive and not bad moods rule, while those who disagree or are stubborn are considered ugly. This is the hidden essence of democracy. The goal of democracy in the victory of the majority, but this is its main weakness.
The idealistic idea that one can make the right decision with a majority vote is inevitable nth harsh reality: the statistical majority is a "cook" who can not be allowed to launch any cannonballs in any cannon. And, on the contrary, the most prominent members of the community who should be listened to, at least in the minority, and, as a rule, they are at stake.
This is good when the board of directors of a huge corporation resolves disputes. General voting - the majority of votes of reasonable people wins and determines the next reasonable strategic move. Or it is even better to recall King Arthur's round table with a similar decision-making principle, where the most worthy worthy decisions are the best possible solutions.
But it is worth trying to expand this principle to the broad masses and give voice to every capable passenger, and the ship will immediately go to the bottom. How does the subordinate - the person who does not value before taking part in making strategic decisions - can judge the correctness or incorrectness of the choice that his supervisor is facing? What is this naive fantasy, as if the people are capable of reasonable self-determination? To express an opinion - yes, everyone's way, but to express a reasonable opinion ... do you know a lot of people who can see beyond their nose?
Do you know a lot of those whom you would trust to choose "for you"? Are you ready to give your fate to the opinion of the "majority" of your friends? If not, then this is your limit of faith in democracy. You need to know what you need? Similarly, and each of these your friends would not trust you to decide for them. And where is the faith in democracy? The defense of democracy is only a political leverage, and not what every individual really needs.
Imagine a kindergarten, where children would start asking how they should be raised and how to feed them? Obviously, a child can not see the big picture, and without realizing it, he will require more toys, more sweets, and educators - for soap. Or imagine that some corporation will arrange a plebiscite among its numerous employees on asset management and strategic planning ... the next day, competitors will have a big holiday with dances on the bones of the defeated enemy.
That is, even in relatively simple and narrow spheres we do not trust and never trust management, but at the state level, where the stakes are much higher, it is democracy that we hope for. In fact, we believe that attaining the age of legal capacity provides an adequate level of intelligence and knowledge to make decisions on a national scale. This, sorry, complete ... finish.