@davenicolette @marick We must participate, all of us, to inform collective action of what is otherwise unknowable. The form of the participation is always subject to debate. Are US-style first past the post elections good, or proportional representative? Maybe Singapore's mix of weak, superficial formal democracy but intensive consultation with the city-state's public is better. That, termed "whole of society democracy" is China's stated aspiration, and you can make a case. 8/