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Originally Posted by Romano/Gandhi
Representatives will become unnecessary if the national life becomes so perfect and self-controlled. It will then be a state of enlightened anarchy in which each person will become his own ruler. He will conduct himself in such a way that his behavior will not hamper the well-being of his neighbors.
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Those may be nice thoughts, but I don't see how such a thing is possible this side of Flying Rainbow Unicorn Happyland. There are an awful lot of people out there, and these statements appear to presume that everyone, given the chance, will naturally act in the best interest of everyone else all the time. That's just not how most people behave, though. It seems to me that this could only be made to work within a small, isolated population, and even then, only temporarily.