But I think a community's real vitality might come from self-direction rather than top-down solutions. Democratic processes themselves promote community self-purification.
In our ideal community, everyone has the right to propose. Every proposal goes to public vote with open voting. When proposals pass and get executed, that execution itself improves the community. This might be closer to what an ideal community looks like.
Our ideal community has only one rule: community-driven. That's all.
I tend to describe it as a kind of utopia - where the community continuously evolves through its own collective decisions rather than having solutions imposed from outside. Maybe the answer to groupthink isn't preventing it, but creating systems where the community can organically correct itself over time.
It's admittedly idealistic, but I think there's value in experimenting with these utopian concepts, even if they don't solve every problem perfectly.
What do you think - can democratic self-governance actually lead to self-correction, or am I being too optimistic about human nature?